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bowed 音标拼音: [b'ɑʊd] [b'od] a. 弯如弓的,有弓的 弯如弓的,有弓的 bowed adj 1: of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow [ ant: { plucked}] 2: forming or resembling an arch; " an arched ceiling" [ synonym: { arced}, { arched}, { arching}, { arciform}, { arcuate}, { bowed}] 3: have legs that curve outward at the knees [ synonym: { bandy}, { bandy- legged}, { bowed}, { bowleg}, { bowlegged}] 4: showing an excessively deferential manner [ synonym: { bowed}, { bowing}] Bow \ Bow\ ( bou), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Bowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Bowing}.] [ OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[= u] gan ( generally v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen, Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b[" o] ja, Dan. b[" o] ie, bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. ?, and Skr. bhuj to bend. [ root] 88. Cf. { Fugitive}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved. [ 1913 Webster] We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to their natural straightness. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline. [ 1913 Webster] Adversities do more bow men' s minds to religion. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] Not to bow and bias their opinions. -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension. [ 1913 Webster] They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. -- 2 Kings ii. 15. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;? to crush; to subdue. [ 1913 Webster] Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one' s thanks. [ 1913 Webster]
bowed \ bowed\ adj. 1. bent over; -- used of back or head. Syn: bent, inclined. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. ( Music) sounded by stroking with a bow; -- of a stringed musical instrument; as, bowed instruments. Contrasted with { plucked}. [ WordNet 1. 5] 3. resembling an arch. Syn: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate. [ WordNet 1. 5] 4. same as { bow- legged}. Syn: bandy, bandy- legged, bowleg, bowlegged. [ WordNet 1. 5] 5. submitting to the authority of another. Syn: bowing. [ WordNet 1. 5]
Bow \ Bow\ ( b[= o]), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Bowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Bowing}.] To play ( music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow. [ 1913 Webster]
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