curtsy
英 ['kɜːtsɪ]
美 ['kɝtsi]
中文词源
curtsy 屈膝礼来知courtesy的拼写变体。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. We were taught how to curtsy to the Queen.
- 有人教我们如何向女王行屈膝礼。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She gave a curtsy.
- 她行了个屈膝礼。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She swept him a curtsy.
- 她走过时对他行了一个屈膝礼.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The ballerina bobbed a curtsy ( to the audience ) before leaving the stage.
- 那个芭蕾**演员在下台之前 ( 向观众 ) 行屈膝礼.
来自辞典例句
- 5. His lordship gave me an indulgent look, and acknowledged my curtsy very graciously.
- 大法官阁下不惜屈尊降贵地看了我一眼, 和蔼地接受了我的屈膝礼.
来自辞典例句
