curtsey

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɜːtsɪ/    美 /ˈkɝtsɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in deference.
    — I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.
动词 v.
  1. To make a curtsey.
    — The hotel's staff never curtsied, nodded, or bowed to the owner as she passed, as they were staunch egalitarians.

词形变化

curtsies plural curtseys plural curtsy alternative courtsey alternative courtesy alternative curtseys present,singular,third-person curtsies present,singular,third-person curtseying participle,present curtseyed participle,past curtseyed past curtsy alternative courtsey alternative courtesy alternative

词源

词源 1
Variant of courtesy (1525) (from court + -esy), from Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie.
词源 2
Variant of courtesy (1525) (from court + -esy), from Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie.
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