curtsey

n. 屈膝礼 vi. 行屈膝礼

发音

US /ˈkɝtsɪ/
其它
UK /ˈkɜːtsɪ/

词形变化

curtseys curtsies 复数 curtsies curtseys 复数 curtseyed curtseying curtseys 三单 curtsies 三单 curtseying 现在分词 curtseyed 过去式 curtseyed 过去分词

别名

curchy curtsy courtsey courtesy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in deference.

    屈膝礼

    I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make a curtsey.

    The hotel's staff never curtsied, nodded, or bowed to the owner as she passed, as they were staunch egalitarians.

    1890, James Russell Lowell, Address in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America But DANTE was a great genius, and language curtseys to its natural Kings.

    1903, W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk He curtsied low, and then bowed almost to the ground, with an imperturbable gravity that seemed almost suspicious.

    1908, Caroline Crawford, Folk Dances and Games The gentleman bows and the lady curtesys (measure eight).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

curtsy

上位词 3

motion gesture reverence
动词

同义词 1

curtsy

上位词 1

bow

词源

Variant of courtesy (1525) (from court + -esy), from Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie.

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