curtsy
英 ['k??ts?]
美['k?tsi]
- vi. 行屈膝禮
- n. 屈膝禮
暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?curtsies;
中文詞源
curtsy 屈膝禮
來知courtesy的拼寫變體。
英文詞源
- curtsy (n.)
- 1540s, "expression of respect," a variant of courtesy (q.v.). Specific meaning "a bending the knee and lowering the body as a gesture of respect" is from 1570s. Originally not exclusively feminine.
- curtsy (v.)
- 1550s, from curtsy (n.). Related: Curtsied; curtsying.
雙語例句
- 1. We were taught how to curtsy to the Queen.
- 有人教我們如何向女王行屈膝禮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She gave a curtsy.
- 她行了個屈膝禮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She swept him a curtsy.
- 她走過時對他行了一個屈膝禮.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The ballerina bobbed a curtsy ( to the audience ) before leaving the stage.
- 那個芭蕾舞女演員在下臺之前 ( 向觀眾 ) 行屈膝禮.
來自辭典例句
- 5. His lordship gave me an indulgent look, and acknowledged my curtsy very graciously.
- 大法官閣下不惜屈尊降貴地看了我一眼, 和藹地接受了我的屈膝禮.
來自辭典例句