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bow1 verb /baʊ/ /baʊ/ Idioms Phrasal Verbs  enlarge image [intransitive] to move your head or the top half of your body forwards and downwards as a sign of respect or to say hello or goodbye鞠躬；点头- bow (to/before somebody/something) He bowed low to the assembled crowd.他向集结的人群深深地鞠了一躬。
- bow down (to/before somebody/something) The people all bowed down before the emperor.全体给皇帝鞠躬。
- He swept off his hat and bowed deeply to the queen.他脱帽向女王深深地鞠了一躬。
- The emperor's subjects bowed down before him.臣民在皇帝面前躬身行礼。
- The pianist stood up and bowed to the audience.钢琴家站起来向观众鞠躬。
Collocations Dictionaryadverbpreposition [transitive] bow your head to move your head forwards and downwards低（头）；垂（首）- She bowed her head in shame.她羞愧地低下了头。
- They stood in silence with their heads bowed.他们默默地垂头而立。
- [intransitive, transitive] to bend or make something bend（使）弯曲
- (+ adv./prep) The pines bowed in the wind.松树被风吹弯了。
- bow something (+ adv./prep) Their backs were bowed under the weight of their packs.沉重的背包压弯了他们的脊背。
词源Old English būgan ‘bend, stoop’, of Germanic origin; related to German biegen, also to bow2. Bow of a boat/ship is late Middle English: from Low German boog, Dutch boeg, ‘shoulder or ship's bow’; related to bough.
Idioms - (disapproving) to be too polite to an important person in order to gain their approval卑躬屈膝；点头哈腰
- She was beginning to tire of all their bowing and scraping.她开始厌倦他们所有的点头哈腰。
bow1 noun /baʊ/ /baʊ/ Idioms the act of bending your head or the upper part of your body forward in order to say hello or goodbye to somebody or to show respect鞠躬；弯腰行礼- She gave a slight bow of her head in greeting.她微微点头致意。
- The messenger made a formal bow and left the room.信使正式鞠了一躬，离开了房间。
- He gave a formal bow and left the room.他正式地鞠了个躬就离开了房间。
- He made a deep bow to the king.他向国王深鞠一躬。
- He gave her a deep bow.他向她深深地鞠了一躬。
Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + bowpreposition (also bows [plural]) the front part of a boat or ship船头；艏- A huge whale crossed our bows.一只巨鲸从我们的船头前穿过。
- We left two men in the bow to receive the cargo.我们留了两个人在船头接收货物。
- There's a small boat on the port bow.船头左舷处有一艘小船。
compare stern- The ship's name was printed on her bow.这艘船的名字印在船头上。
- There were huge waves breaking over the bows.巨浪拍打着船头。
- They fired a shot across our bow/bows.他们开了一枪，子弹掠过我们的船头。
Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + bowpreposition- across the, our, etc. bow1
- across the, our, etc. bow1s
- in the bow1
- …
词源Old English būgan ‘bend, stoop’, of Germanic origin; related to German biegen, also to bow2. Bow of a boat/ship is late Middle English: from Low German boog, Dutch boeg, ‘shoulder or ship's bow’; related to bough.
Idioms a shot across the/somebody’s bows - something that you say or do as a warning to somebody about what might happen if they do not change, etc.（若不改变就会有某种后果的）警告
enlarge image (of a performer演员) to bow to the audience as they are applauding you谢幕；鞠躬答谢- She came back on stage to take another bow.她回到舞台上再次鞠躬。
- The song ended and Albert took a bow.一曲结束，艾伯特鞠躬谢幕。
- (figurative) The boss takes his final bow today.老板今天退休。
- (figurative) The team's chairman takes his final bow at this match.该队主席在这场比赛中作最后一次鞠躬。
bow2 noun /bəʊ/ /bəʊ/ Idioms   enlarge image- He was armed with a bow and arrow.他佩带着弓箭。
- She drew and aimed her bow.她拉开弓瞄准。
Topics Historyc1, War and conflictc1, Sports: other sportsc1 Collocations Dictionaryverb + bowphrases - a knot with two loops and two loose ends which is used for decoration on clothes, in hair, etc. or for tying shoes蝴蝶结
- to tie your shoelaces in a bow把鞋带打成蝴蝶结
- Her hair was tied back in a neat bow.她的头发扎在脑后打了个整齐的蝴蝶结。
- a dress decorated with bows and ribbons用蝴蝶结和丝带装饰的连衣裙
- Can you tie a bow?你会打蝴蝶结吗？
- She tied the ribbon into a neat bow.她用丝带打了一个整齐的蝴蝶结。
Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + bow   enlarge image- She drew the bow across the strings.她将琴弓拉过琴弦。
Topics Musicc1 词源Old English boga ‘bend, bow, arch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boog and German Bogen, also to bow1.
Idioms have another string/more strings to your bow - (British English) to have more than one skill or plan that you can use if you need to还另有一手；有两手准备
- The exhibition shows that he has other strings to his artistic bow.展览表明他的艺术弓还有其他弦。
bow2 verb /bəʊ/ /bəʊ/ [intransitive, transitive]- bow (something) to use a bow to play a musical instrument that has strings用琴弓拉奏（弦乐器）
词源Old English boga ‘bend, bow, arch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boog and German Bogen, also to bow1.
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