• vi. 行屈膝禮
• n. 屈膝禮

來知courtesy的拼寫變體。

curtsy (n.)

1540s, "expression of respect," a variant of courtesy (q.v.). Specific meaning "a bending the knee and lowering the body as a gesture of respect" is from 1570s. Originally not exclusively feminine.

curtsy (v.)

1550s, from curtsy (n.). Related: Curtsied; curtsying.

1. We were taught how to curtsy to the Queen.

有人教我們如何向女王行屈膝禮。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She gave a curtsy.

她行了個屈膝禮。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She swept him a curtsy.

她走過時對他行了一個屈膝禮.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The ballerina bobbed a curtsy ( to the audience ) before leaving the stage.

那個芭蕾**演員在下臺之前 ( 向觀眾 ) 行屈膝禮.

來自辭典例句

5. His lordship gave me an indulgent look, and acknowledged my curtsy very graciously.

大法官閣下不惜屈尊降貴地看了我一眼, 和藹地接受了我的屈膝禮.

來自辭典例句