bow
n. 弓, 眼睛框 v. 用弓拉琴, 弯成弓形 n. 鞠躬, 屈服
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1.
A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
弓
政治 体育 军事Holonym: bow and arrow
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A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
弯曲
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A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
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A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
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A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
蝴蝶结
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Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
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The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
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Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
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Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
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A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
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Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddle tree.
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The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
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Either of the two handles of a pair of scissors.
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A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
鞠躬
He made a polite bow as he entered the room.
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The front of a boat or ship.
船首
船头
航海 交通Holonyms: watercraft < vessel
Meronyms: beak, beak, beakhead
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The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
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Obsolete spelling of bough.
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Alternative form of bao; any of several Chinese buns and breads
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Ellipsis of bow-wow
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To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
用弓拉曲
The musician bowed his violin expertly.
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To bend or curve, particularly downward.
弄弯
The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
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To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend or incline, figuratively; to humble or subdue.
弯曲
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To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
鞠躬
躬
哈腰
不及物That singer always bows towards her audience for some reason.
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To debut.
不及物 及物SCP recently announced that How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical will bow on the newly renovated stage next December.
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To defer (to something).
不及物I bow to your better judgement in the matter.
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To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
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about to
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Ellipsis of bow-wow
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Ellipsis of bow-wow
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词源
From Middle English bowe, from Old English boga, Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Booge (“arch, bow, curve”), West Frisian bôge (“arc, arch, bow”), Dutch boog (“arc, arch, bow”), German Bogen (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Luxembourgish Bou (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Vilamovian böga (“arc, arch, bend, bow, curve”), Yiddish בויגן (boygn, “arc, arch, bow, curve”), Danish bue (“arc, arch, bow, curve”), Faroese, Icelandic bogi (“arch, bow, vault”), Jamtish buga (“bow”), Norwegian Bokmål bue (“arc, arch, bow”), Norwegian Nynorsk boge (“arc, arch, bow”), Swedish båge (“bow”), Crimean Gothic boga (“bow”).
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