bow
US: /ˈbaʊ/, /ˈboʊ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
bow /bou/- danh từ
- cái cung
- ro draw (bend) the bow: giương cung
- vĩ (viôlông)
- cầu vồng
- cái nơ con bướm
- cốt yên ngựa ((cũng) saddke)
- (điện học) cần lấy điện (xe điện...)
- (kiến trúc) vòm
- to draw the long bow
- (nghĩa bóng) nói ngoa; cường điệu, nói phóng đại
- to have two strings to one's bow
- có phương sách dự phòng
- cái cung
- ngoại động từ
- (âm nhạc) kéo vĩ (viôlông)
- (âm nhạc) kéo vĩ (viôlông)
- danh từ
- sự chào, sự cúi chào, sự cúi đầu
- to make one's bow: cúi đầu chào
- to return a bow: chào lại
- sự chào, sự cúi chào, sự cúi đầu
- động từ
- cúi (đầu, mình); khòm, khom (lưng); quỳ (gối)
- cúi đầu, cúi chào, cúi mình, khòm lưng quỳ gối
- to bow under the weight of years: còng lưng vì tuổi già
- nhượng bộ, đầu hàng, chịu khuất phục, luồn cúi
- to bow to the inevitable: chịu khuất phục trước điều không thể tránh khỏi
- never to bow to the enemy: không bao giờ đầu hàng kẻ thù
- to bow down
- cúi đầu, cúi mình, cong xuống
- to be bowed down by care: còng lưng đi vì lo nghĩ
- uốn cong, bẻ cong; bẻ gãy
- to bow in
- gật đầu bảo ra; chào mời ai
- to bow oneself out
- chào để đi ra
- bowing acquaintance
- (xem) accquaintance
- danh từ
- mũi tàu
- người chèo mũi
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun-see also BOW+ verb
1 [V] ~ (down) (to / before sb/sth) to move your head or the top half of your body forwards and downwards as a sign of respect or as a greeting: He bowed low to the assembled crowd. + The people all bowed down before the Emperor.
2 [VN] to move your head forwards and downwards: She bowed her head in shame. + They stood in silence with their heads bowed.
3 to bend or make sth bend: [V] The pines bowed in the wind. + [VN] Their backs were bowed under the weight of their packs.
Idioms: bow and scrape (disapproving) to be too polite to an important person in order to gain their approval: She was beginning to tire of all their bowing and scraping.
more at SHOT n.
Phrasal Verbs: bow down to sb/sth (disapproving) to allow sb to tell you what to do
bow out (of sth) to stop taking part in an activity, especially one in which you have been successful in the past: She has finally decided it's time to bow out of international tennis.
bow to sth to agree unwillingly to do sth because other people want you to: They finally bowed to pressure from the public. + She bowed to the inevitable (= accepted a situation in which she had no choice) and resigned.
+ noun
1 the act of bending your head or the upper part of your body forward in order to greet sb or to show respect: She gave a slight bow of her head in greeting. + The messenger made a formal bow and left the room.
2 (also bows [pl.]) the front part of a boat or ship
Compare: STERN n.
Idioms: take a / your bow (of a performer) to bow to the audience as they are APPLAUDING you: She came back on stage to take another bow.
more at SHOT
+ noun, verb
-see also BOW
+ noun
1 a weapon used for shooting arrows, consisting of a long curved piece of wood with a tight string joining its ends: He was armed with a bow and arrow.
2 a knot with two LOOPS and two loose ends which is used for decoration on clothes, in hair, etc. or for tying shoes: to tie your shoelaces in a bow + Her hair was tied back in a neat bow. + a dress decorated with bows and ribbons
3 a long thin piece of wood with thin string stretched along it, used for playing musical instruments such as the violin
Idioms see STRING n.
+ verb [V, VN] to use a bow to play a musical instrument that has strings
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 nod; curtsy or curtsey, salaam, kowtow, genuflection, prostration, obeisance:
We all bowed respectfully before the emperor.
v.
2 defer, yield, submit, give in, bend, bow down, capitulate:
I bow to your greater knowledge of the subject.
3 bend, incline, lower:
The servants bowed their heads when the master entered.
4 weigh down, crush, overload, bend down, burden:
Michael was bowed down by the responsibilities of his new family.
5 nod, curtsy or curtsey, salaam, kowtow, genuflect, prostrate oneself, salaam, make obeisance:
The natives bowed as the king passed by.
Collocation
1 act of bowing
ADJ.
deep, low | little, slight | formal, stiff
VERB + BOW
give, make
He gave a formal bow and left the room.
| take
(= used about a performer)The song ended and Albert took a bow. (figurative) The team's chairman takes his final bow at this match (= is retiring after this match).
PREP.
~ to
He made a deep bow to the king.
2 front part of a ship
ADJ.
port, starboard
There's a small boat on the port bow.
VERB + BOW
cross
A huge whale crossed our bows.
PREP.
across the ~
They fired a shot across our bows.
| in the ~
We left two men in the bows to receive the cargo.
| off the ~
100 yards off our bows
| on the ~
The ship's name was printed on her bow.
| over the ~
There were huge waves breaking over the bows.
Concise dictionary
bows|bowed|bowingbaʊnoun
+a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
+a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands, used in playing certain stringed instrument
+front part of a vessel or aircraft
+curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows
+something curved in shape
+bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame
+an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
+a decorative interlacing of ribbons
+a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
verb
+bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
+submit or yield to another's wish or opinion
+bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
+bend one's back forward from the waist on down
+play on a string instrument
