bow: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
noun
1 act of bowing
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep, low
▪ little, slight, small
▪ 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.
▪ The boss takes his final bow (= is retiring) today. (figurative)
PREPOSITION
▪ bow to
▪ He made a deep bow to the king.
2 front part of a ship
ADJECTIVE
▪ port, starboard
▪ There's a small boat on the port bow.
VERB + BOW
▪ cross
▪ A whale crossed our bows.(BrE)
▪ A whale crossed our bow. (AmE)
PREPOSITION
▪ across the, our, etc. bow (AmE), across the, our, etc. bows (BrE)
▪ They fired a shot across our bow/bows.
▪ in the bow (esp. AmE), in the bows (BrE)
▪ We left two men in the bow to receive the cargo.
▪ off the, our, etc. bow
▪ on the, our, etc. bow
▪ The ship's name was printed on her bow.
▪ over the, our, etc. bow, over the, our, etc. bows (both BrE)
▪ There were huge waves breaking over the bows.
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
noun
1 knot with two loops
ADJECTIVE
▪ neat
▪ double
VERB + BOW
▪ tie (sth into)
▪ She tied the ribbon into a neat bow.
2 weapon for shooting arrows
VERB + BOW
▪ be armed with, carry, have, hold
▪ aim, draw, raise
▪ She drew and aimed her bow.
▪ shoot
▪ lower
PHRASES
▪ a bow and arrow
•Roman•
III.•/Roman•
verb
Bow is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑servant
Bow is used with these nouns as the object: ↑head
•Roman•
IV.•/Roman•
verb
ADVERB
▪ deeply, low
▪ He swept off his hat and bowed deeply.
▪ slightly
▪ quickly
▪ politely, respectfully
▪ gracefully
▪ down
PREPOSITION
▪ before
▪ The Emperor's subjects bowed down before him.
▪ to
▪ The pianist stood up and bowed to the audience.