| 词汇 | curtsy |
| 释义 | curtsy verb[ I ] (alsocurtsey)uk /ˈkɜːt.si/ us /ˈkɝːt.si/ to bend quickly at the knees, with one foot in front of the other, especially to show respect. This is traditionally done in formal situations, especially by women and girls: People he met in the street bowed and curtsied. curtsy toShe curtsied to the Queen.她向女王行屈膝礼。 Compare bowverb(BEND) Physical gestures of respect bow bow down bow your head chest bump curtsy to someone dap dap someone up doff elbow bump fistbump genuflect handshake high five kowtow prostrate prostration salaam salute take a bow vail curtsy noun[ C ] (alsocurtsey)uk /ˈkɜːt.si/ us /ˈkɝːt.si/ a movement in which a girl or woman bends quickly at the knees, with one foot in front of the other, especially to show respect: 屈膝礼 give a curtsyShe gave a curtsy before presenting the flowers to the princess.向公主献花前，她向公主行了屈膝礼。 photosvit/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Physical gestures of respect bow bow down bow your head chest bump curtsy to someone dap dap someone up doff elbow bump fistbump genuflect handshake high five kowtow prostrate prostration salaam salute take a bow vail Examples of curtsycurtsy Do we write pixy or pixie, bogy, bogey or bogie, curtsey or curtsy? Monarchs were to be bowed to by men and curtsied to by women. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I curtsy once more to the implied compliment to the legal profession, but my mind is generally open on the subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word curtsy is a phonological change from courtesy known in linguistics as syncope. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The woman reciprocates with a small curtsy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She deserves a curtsy for that alone. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When seated as a personatrix (of the deceased grandmother of her husband), she did not bow with her head to her hands, but made the curtsy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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