bow

英 [baʊ] 美 [baʊ]

• n. 弓；鞠躬礼；蝴蝶结；船头
• v. 鞠躬；致敬；压弯

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]弓,弓形物

   piece of wood bent into a curve by tight string joining its ends, used as a weapon for shooting arrows

n. (名词)

1. [C]鞠躬,低头

   an act of bending forward the head or the upper part of the body, especially to show respect

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (向…)弯腰; 鞠躬

   bend the upper part of the body forward, as a way of showing respect, admitting, defeat, etc.

2. vt. 低头,俯首

   bend (one's head) forward

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 鞠躬，弯腰行礼
2. 弓
3. 蝴蝶结，蝴蝶领结
4. 船头，船首
5. 前桨手
6. 虹
7. 艏
8. 低头
9. 演员
10. 船头一侧
11. 弓状物，弧形物，弓形物
12. 前桨
13. 弦乐器的弓
14. 琴弓的一拉
15. 欠身

v. 动词

1. 鞠躬（表示赞同、问候），打躬
2. 点头
3. 欠身，欠身引领，弯腰
4. 鞠躬表示
5. 压弯，（使）弯曲，弄弯，弯，弯屈
6. 低头，垂首，俯首，俯身
7. 卑躬屈膝，点头哈腰，屈从于人，听任摆布，顺从，屈服
8. 退出，告别
9. 勉强同意做
10. 用弓拉
11. 形成弓形，把...弯作弓形
12. 拉琴，用琴弓拉奏弦乐器，用弓拉琴
13. 低
14. 压倒，压垮

adj. 形容词

1. 弓形的
2. 弯曲的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

2. a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments

3. front part of a vessel or aircraft;

   "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
   

4. a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow

5. something curved in shape

6. bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

7. an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience

8. a decorative interlacing of ribbons

9. a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments

Verb:

1. bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head;

   "He bowed before the King"
   "She bowed her head in shame"
   

2. yield to another's wish or opinion;

   "The government bowed to the military pressure"
   

3. bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting;

   "He bowed before the King"
   

4. bend one's back forward from the waist on down;

   "he crouched down"
   "She bowed before the Queen"
   "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
   

5. play on a string instrument with a bow

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. At that time, people hunt with bows and arrows.
   在那时,人们以弓﹑ 箭行猎。
2. He moved aside for her with a polite bow.
   他礼貌地鞠躬，退避一旁让她过去。
3. She has a dress decorated with bows.
   她有一条饰有蝴蝶结的连衣裙。
4. My little sister can tie shoelaces in a bow.
   我妹妹能把鞋带打成蝴蝶结。
5. The yacht hit a rock and damaged her bows.
   游艇碰上了礁石，撞坏了船头。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The cast bowed as the audience applauded.
   演员们向鼓掌的观众鞠躬。
2. Every one bowed as the Queen walked into the room.
   女王走进房间时，每个人都鞠躬致敬。
3. Those branches were bowed down by the snow on them.
   那些树枝被覆盖着的积雪压弯了.

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He drew the bow and shot an arrow.
   他张弓射箭。
2. The archer can bend a strong bow.
   这个弓箭手能拉强弓。
3. This bow is used to play the violin.
   这弓是用来拉小提琴的。
4. The rainbow is a bow.
   虹为弓形。
5. She fastened her hair with a bow of ribbon.
   她的头发上扎着一个蝴蝶结丝带。
6. The waves broke over the bows of the boat.
   波浪撞击着船头。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He made a polite bow to me.
   他彬彬有礼地对我鞠了一躬。
2. He gave the teacher a bow and moved away with tears in the eyes.
   他向老师鞠了一躬,然后含泪走开了。
3. The conductor had the soloists take a bow.
   指挥请独奏者上前谢幕。
4. The new book will make its bow early next year.
   这本新书将于明年初问世。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The trees bowed in the wind.
   树木在风中弯下了腰。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He bowed his thanks.
   他鞠躬致谢。
2. They bowed their heads in prayer.
   他们在一起低头祷告。
3. He bowed me to the door.
   他恭敬地把我送到门口。
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4. He was bowed into a taxi.
   他被点头哈腰地送上出租车。
5. He is bowed with age.
   他年老腰弯。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

1. He bowed me his heartiest thanks.
   他向我鞠躬表示他衷心的谢意。

经典引文

• A dewie Cloud, and in the Cloud a bow.

  出自： Milton

• The grim line of her mouth unfroze and altered, down-drawn into a bow of pain.

  出自： P. Gallico

• Like an ass whose back with ingots bows.

  出自：Measure for Measure , Shakespeare

• When..the strong men shall bowe themselves.

  出自：Bible (AV): Ecclesiastes

• She bow'd down And wept in secret.

  出自： Tennyson

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

another〔two〕 string(s) to one's bow

有不止一个计划〔办法〕 additional attribute or talent

用作动词 (v.)

bow before〔to〕 (v.+prep.)

听从,同意… yield to sth

bow down (v.+adv.)

屈服 admit defeat and agree to serve sb
bow sth ⇔ down
The apple tree was bowed down with the weight of its fruit.

那棵苹果树果实累累,压弯了树枝。
He was bowed down with troubles.

他因操劳过度而精神不振。 bow down
We shall never bow down to our enemies.

我们永远不会向敌人屈服。

bow out (v.+adv.)

放弃做(某事) stop doing sth
bow sb/oneself ⇔ out
The servant bowed the guests out as they left.

客人们离去时,仆人躬身送他们出门。
When leaving the presence of the princess, you have to bow yourself out as you go.

辞别公主时,你必须躬身退出。 bow oneself ⇔ out
Jim bowed himself out of the competition when he learned who his opponent was.

吉姆得知谁是他的对手后,退出了比赛。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• bend a bow 拉弓
• draw a bow 拉弓
• tie a bow 打蝴蝶结
• wear a bow 戴蝴蝶结

名词+～

• saw bow 锯架
• spring bow 弹弓

～+名词

• bow string 弓弦

介词+～

• by a bow 用弓
• under the bows 船首下

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• make a bow 鞠躬
• take a bow 鞠躬答谢

形容词+～

• deep bow 深深的鞠躬
• low bow 深深的鞠躬
• polite bow 有礼貌的鞠躬
• slight bow 微微点头

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• bow one's head 低头
• bow one's thanks 鞠躬致谢
• bow the neck to 向…低头屈服

～+副词

• bow low 深深鞠躬
• bow politely 彬彬有礼地行礼
• bow down to 崇拜…
• bow down upon one's knees 跪下请求
• bow down with age 因年老而腰弯
• bow sb in 恭敬地迎进某人
• bow sb out 恭敬地送出某人

～+介词

• bow before 向…鞠躬
• bow before difficulties 向困难低头
• bow out of politics 退出政界
• bow to 向…鞠躬,屈从于
• bow to an injustice 屈服于不正当的行为
• bow to one's host 向主人行礼
• bow to sb's order 屈从某人的命令

词语用法

2. 动词bow表示的是使对象作出有角度或者弧形的弯曲形态；
3. 注意bay-window和bow-window的区别:前者常指从墙向外延伸的悬窗，可以是矩形，多边形或是半圆形，而后者除了可以用来描述以上这些形状，常特指弧线形的，弓形的窗户。

n. (名词)

1. bow用作名词的基本意思是“弓”，可指与箭相对的弓，也可指小提琴弓，还可指“弓形物”。bow也可作“蝴蝶结”“船头”解,作“船头”解时,常用复数形式。

v. (动词)

1. bow用作动词作“鞠躬,(向…)弯腰,低头,俯首”解,常用来表示尊敬、感谢、打招呼等。
2. bow用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,有时也可接双宾语; 用作不及物动词,后可接介词或副词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

bow, arc, arch, curve

• 这四个词都指“弯曲,曲线”。curve含意最广,指任何一种不中断但不断改变方向的曲线; arc指弧线; arch指弓形物,拱门等; bow则指射箭用的弓,弓形物,指弯曲到“U”形之物。

curve，bend，bow，crook，twist

• 这些动词都含“弯、弯曲”之意。
• curve指变成曲线或弧线状的动作或状态。
• bend普通用词，指把某物变成曲线或角形。用于人时，指头部或身躯弯下。
• bow指把头部或上身弯向前方的动作，也指社交中的礼节性动作。
• crook指不规则的弯曲，也指按照规则或模型弯曲某物。
• twist指通过转动、拧或扭使某物成弯曲状。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的bugan；最初源自原始日耳曼语的bugon，意为弯曲，鞠躬。

近反义词

【近义词】

• stoop 佝偻
• bend 弯曲
• kneel 跪
• arc 弧
• obeisance 鞠躬
• curve 曲线
• arch 拱
• crossbow 石弓
• longbow （中世纪时英格兰所用的）...
• Cupid's bow 爱神丘比特之弓...
• bob 上下疾动
• curtsy 屈膝礼
• distort 歪曲
• deform 使变形
• droop 低垂
• sag 下垂
• bend over 弯腰
• lower 低的
• lean 倾斜
• crouch 蹲下
• stem 柄
• submit 使服从
• bow down 鞠躬
• bowing 鞠躬
• defer 推迟
• fore 在前的
• prow (飞机)机头
• curtain call 谢幕
• accede 同意
• bowknot 蝴蝶结
• give in 屈服
• twist 缠绕
• crook 钩

【反义词】

• stern 严厉的