中文翻译
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蝴蝶结，蝴蝶结领结，蝶形领结(= bowtie)；环形装饰结
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【建筑学】凸肚窗，圆肚窗(= bow window)
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把…弯成弓形；使弯曲；使弯成弓形(或弦形)：
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The branches were bowed down with the weight of the snow.
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He tried to bow his fiddle but always missed.
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He hadn't learned to bow smoothly yet.
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A bow long bent at last waxes weak. (或 A bow long bent grows weak.)
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[谚语]常拉满弓弓无力。(比喻指)久张必弛，久习则惯。
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bend the bow of Ulysses
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bend the (或a) long bow
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= pull the (或a) long bow
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Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.
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[谚语]箭没搭好别拉弓。(或：三思而后行。)
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draw the (或 a) long bow
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= pull the (或 a) long bow
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have two strings (或 many strings 或 more than one string) to one's bow
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pull the (或 a) long bow
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shoot in another's bow
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to bow politely to one's guests
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点头，弯腰，躬身，屈膝，下跪(以示尊敬、同意、招呼、礼拜等)，点头表示同意，首肯，俯首赞成：
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bowed and kissed her hand.
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They were bowing as the king and queen walking in.
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He bowed to the Queen before speaking.
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(对权威)服从，屈从，屈服；让步，认输；在比赛中遭到失败：
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You'll have to bow to the inevitable.
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She expects me to bow down to her and do everything she tells me.
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The pines bowed low in the storm.
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低头，点头(以示尊敬、祈祷、羞愧等)，点(头)致意；欠(身)；屈(膝)；使鞠躬，使欠身：
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The king bowed his head to the crowd.
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He bowed his head in shame and sadness.
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She knelt down and bowed her head in prayer.
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鞠躬(或欠身、俯首、低头)表示(同意、感谢等)：
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以鞠躬(或点头等)方式引领，鞠躬引领(宾客等)，毕恭毕敬地送(客)，(常与in或out连用)：
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The guests were bowed in by the usher.
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They were bowed out by the footman.
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We can never bow the neck to the invaders.
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压弯，压倒，压垮；使俯下，使弯腰(down):
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Age had bowed his head.
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Her back was bowed with age.
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鞠躬，点头，首肯；低头；欠身，弯腰(表示尊敬、问候等)
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Better bow than break.
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打躬作揖，奴颜婢膝，点头哈腰；过分恭敬；奉承，巴结
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bow down in the house of Rimmon
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为求一致而牺牲自己的原则；为保全面子而做明知故犯的事情[源出《圣经》列王纪下第5章第18节。里蒙(Rimmon)系统辖风暴的巴比伦之神]
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正式进入；开始(经历等)；(政治家、演员等)初次在公众前露面，首次登台演出，首次公开出现；向听众(或观众)行礼
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鞠躬而退，退离舞台，退场，正式引退(如退出舞台或社会生活)
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鞠躬答礼；答谢，谢幕(演出结束时)站起来(或走上台或鞠躬)以接受观众的鼓掌(或赞词等)
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[常作复数]【船舶学】船头，船首，艏，舰首；飞艇的前缘部分
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【船舶学】船头的一侧；艏的两侧 b)船头部分的外侧面 c)船首方向(左右45度范围之内)
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(舢板的)头桨，前桨；头桨手(= bow oar)
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a shot across the bows
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【航海学】船头沉入水中，在沉没中[亦作 be down by the bows]