curtsy
curtsy
(亦作 curtsey)
(pl. -ies 或 -eys)
(亦作 curtsey)
(pl. -ies 或 -eys)
- a woman's or girl's formal greeting made by bending the knees with one foot in front of the other
屈膝礼
she bobbed a curtsy to him.
她向他行了屈膝礼。
- [no obj.]perform such an action
行屈膝礼
his sisters had curtsied to the vicar.
他的姐妹们向牧师行了屈膝礼。
- early 16th cent.: variant of courtesy. Both forms were used to denote the expression of respect or courtesy by a gesture, especially in phrases such as do courtesy, make courtesy, and from this arose the current use (late 16th cent.)
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