bow and scrape

短语

打躬作揖

发音

AU /ˌbaʊ ən ˈskɹeɪp/

词形变化

bows and scrapes 复数 bowed and scraped bowing and scraping bows and scrapes 三单 bows and scrapes bowing and scraping 现在分词 bowed and scraped 过去式 bowed and scraped 过去分词

别名

scrape and bow

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.

  2. 2.

    To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.

    习语 引申义

    But he is not one of those lawyers who bow and scrape before wealthy clients. He will not be pushed around.