curtsy

• vi. 行屈膝礼
• n. 屈膝礼

来知courtesy的拼写变体。

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.

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