| 釋義 |
curtsyn. 1. bow (by either sex),lowering the body,obeisance鞠躬,屈身,敬禮。 △2H.IV.2.1.139(124): “if a manwill make curtsy and say nothing,he is virtuous.”只要一個(gè)人只會(huì)鞠躬行禮,什么也不說(shuō),他就是道德高尚了。 △2H.IV.Epi.1:“First my fear,then my curtsy,lastmy speech. ” 首先,我怯場(chǎng),其次我鞠躬,最后我再致辭。 △L.L.L.1.2.67 (63):“a new-devised curtsy”,一種新式的鞠躬禮(或:禮貌)。 △Ado.4.1.325 (319):“But man-hood is melted into curtsies.”但是男子氣概已經(jīng)融化為鞠躬請(qǐng)安了。 2. courtesy 禮貌。 △Mid.4.1.21(20):“Pray you.leave your curtsy,”請(qǐng)你免禮吧。 △Mer.3.1.53 (48):“He was wont to lend money for a Christian curtsy ”他一向是借錢給人,不取利息,以為是基督徒的禮貌。
curtsyvi. 1. bow in the knees,make a reverence行彎膝禮,行禮。 △1H.IV.3.2.127:“To dog his heels and curtsy at hisfrowns.”追隨在他腳后并且看他一皺眉頭就趕快屈膝行禮。 △Tw.2.5.68 (61):“Toby approaches:there curtsiesto me—”托比來(lái)了;向我打躬致敬。 2.i.e. (of ships) bob up and down on the waves行彎膝禮,(比喻船只)在海浪中上下顛簸. △Mer.1.1.12: “thepetty traffickers. / That curtsy to them,do them rev-erence,”那些小商船上下?lián)u擺著向它們打躬致敬。 3. bow,i.e. defer. yield,give way鞠躬,(轉(zhuǎn)義)服從,順從,讓步。 △H.V.5.2.291 (268): “O Kate,nice cus-toms curtsy to great kings. ”啊,凱特,謹(jǐn)小慎微的習(xí)慣見了偉大的國(guó)王是只有順從的。 |