bow

n.弓；鞠躬礼；蝴蝶结；船头

v.鞠躬；致敬；压弯

At that time, people hunt with bows and arrows. 在那时,人们以弓﹑ 箭行猎。

He moved aside for her with a polite bow. 他礼貌地鞠躬，退避一旁让她过去。

She has a dress decorated with bows. 她有一条饰有蝴蝶结的连衣裙。

My little sister can tie shoelaces in a bow. 我妹妹能把鞋带打成蝴蝶结。

The yacht hit a rock and damaged her bows. 游艇碰上了礁石，撞坏了船头。

Every one bowed as the Queen walked into the room. 女王走进房间时，每个人都鞠躬致敬。

Those branches were bowed down by the snow on them. 那些树枝被覆盖着的积雪压弯了.

参见：bay

动词bow表示的是使对象作出有角度或者弧形的弯曲形态；

注意bay-window和bow-window的区别:前者常指从墙向外延伸的悬窗，可以是矩形，多边形或是半圆形，而后者除了可以用来描述以上这些形状，常特指弧线形的，弓形的窗户。

bow用作名词的基本意思是“弓”，可指与箭相对的弓，也可指小提琴弓，还可指“弓形物”。bow也可作“蝴蝶结”“船头”解,作“船头”解时,常用复数形式。

bow用作动词作“鞠躬,(向…)弯腰,低头,俯首”解,常用来表示尊敬、感谢、打招呼等。

bow用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,有时也可接双宾语; 用作不及物动词,后可接介词或副词。