n. 1 yoke for oxen牛軛。
△As.3.3.85 (79): “Asthe ox hath his bow，”就像牛有軛。
bow
n. 2 weapon for shooting arrows,implement forplaying violin 弓，琴弓。
bow-case,n. long,thin case for a fiddler’s bows（小提琴手的）弓套。
△1H.Ⅳ.2.4. 277 (246): “you tailor’syard,you sheath,you bow-case,you vile standingtuck—”(All these epithets refer to Hal’s thinness.)你這把裁縫的直尺，你這只劍鞘，你這個(gè)弓套，你這把倒插的破劍。bow-hand,n. the hand holding the bow.i.e.the lefthand持弓的手，（即）左手。
△L.L.L.4.1.137(133):“Wide o’the bow-hand!”i.e. too far to the left.太偏左了。
bow
vt.
1. cause to bend,bend down使彎曲，使彎下。
△Shr.2.1.151 (150): “bowed her hand to teach her finger-ing”，按著她的手教她指法。
△Mac.3.1.90 (89):“Whoseheavy hand hath bowed you to the grave，”他的鐵手已經(jīng)把你們壓到墳?zāi)惯呇亍?br/>△2H.Ⅳ.3.1.73: “But that ne-cessity so bowed the state/That I and greatness werecompelled to kiss，”i.e. England’s plight underRichard’s misrule compelled me to ascend the throne.但是國(guó)家形勢(shì)的緊急需要迫使我只好登上大位。
2. bend,twist,falsify篡改，歪曲，偽造。
△H.Ⅴ.1.2.13:“And God forbid,my dear and faithful lord,/That youshould fashion,wrest or bow your reading，”我的親愛(ài)的忠誠(chéng)的大主教，上帝不許你偽造、歪曲、篡改原文，隨意解釋。
～ vi.
1. bend,yield低頭，屈服。
△1H.Ⅵ.4.5.29:“But if Ibow,they’ll say it was for fear.”但是如果我屈服了，人家就要說(shuō)是因?yàn)槟懶 ?br/>2. stoop屈從。
△Lr.1.1.149(147): “Think’st thouthat duty shall have dread to speak/ When power toflattery bows?”難道你以為“權(quán)勢(shì)”屈從于“諂媚”，“責(zé)任”就嚇得不敢開(kāi)口了嗎？
～vb.
bow to: apply to,point to,indicate適用于，表明是，指示。
△Tw.2.5. 155(140):“and yet. to crush this a lit-tle,it would bow to me，”但是稍微勉強(qiáng)一點(diǎn)，它也就可以適合于我了。
bow(1)[bau]
n. 弓，弓形，船首，艦首，前端
◇ bow the ball 投球
‖ bow anchor 船首錨，主錨
bow and arrow 弓箭
bow arm 前手，執(zhí)弓臂
bow back 弓背
bow belly 弓腹
bow case 弓袋，弓箱
bow chaser 艦首炮
bow crutch 船首柱支架
bow design 弓的設(shè)計(jì)
bowfishing arrow 射魚(yú)用的箭
bow grip 握弓（法）bow hand 握弓手
bow-hand recoil 執(zhí)弓臂所受反沖
bow-hand torque 執(zhí)弓臂扭動(dòng)
bowhunting blind 射獵陰遮處
bow length 弓長(zhǎng)
bow limb 弓臂
bow luster 弓用光漆
bow maker 制弓者
bow man 頭槳手
bow manufacturer 制弓者
bow notch 弓扣
bow oar 頭槳，頭（前）槳手
bow out 認(rèn)輸，退出比賽
bow rack 弓架
bow reel弓上繞魚(yú)線的卷盤(pán)
bow sling 弓帶
bow sock 獵弓翼偽裝套
bow stave 制弓用的木頭
bow stay 船頭支索
bow step 弓步
bow strength 弓力
bow string 弓弦
bow tip 弓梢
bow-tip protector 弓梢墊
bow wave 弓形波，舷首浪
bow weight 弓的拉力
bow window 弦高
bow’s poundage 弓的磅數(shù)
bower n.大錨，主錨，船首錨
bower anchor主錨
bow-legged adj. 弓形腿的，羅圈腿的
bowlegged player 羅圈形腿隊(duì)員，O型腿隊(duì)員
bowser n. 加油車(chē)
bow(2)[bau]
n. 弓，弓形，鞠躬，蝴蝶結(jié) v. 鞠躬，成弓形，用弓拉，用弓奏樂(lè)
◇ bow down 鞠躬，服從
bow one’s thanks 鞠躬致謝
bow to 接受，同意
pull the long bow夸大其詞
‖ bow and scrape 打躬作揖
bow hair 弓毛
bow hand 持弓的手
bow instrument 弓弦樂(lè)器
bow strings 弓形樂(lè)器
bow teller 指揮謝幕者
bowed adj. 弓形的
bowed stringed 弓弦樂(lè)器
bowing n.（演奏）弓法 bow-backed adj.駝背的
bowman n. 弓手
bow-off 一幕戲的結(jié)束，一出戲的最后一場(chǎng)演出
bow-pen n. 圓規(guī)
bowpot n. 花瓶 bow-string n. 弓弦
bow-wave n. 弓形波 bow-window n.弓形窗