[b?u]
bowlike
adj.
bow1的變形
bow1
[b?u]
n.
彎曲物，弓形物，弧狀物；彎曲(或弓形)部分
曲線；彎，彎曲
弓
弓手，弓箭手，射箭手(= bowman1)
(小提琴等弦樂器的)弓，琴弓
(小提琴等的)拉弓，運(yùn)弓，(琴弓的)一拉
蝴蝶結(jié)，蝴蝶結(jié)領(lǐng)結(jié)，蝶形領(lǐng)結(jié)(= bowtie)；環(huán)形裝飾結(jié)
[美國英語]眼鏡框；眼鏡腳
[美國英語]
(剪刀等的)金屬環(huán)狀柄
(鑰匙的)把柄
(懷表上系表鏈的)金屬環(huán)
(桶、壺等的)圓形拎環(huán)
【建筑學(xué)】凸肚窗，圓肚窗(= bow window)
= saddlebow
= bow trolley
(彩)虹(=rainbow)
[方言] = oxbow
adj.
弓形的；彎曲的
vt.
把…彎成弓形；使彎曲；使彎成弓形(或弦形)：
The branches were bowed down with the weight of the snow.
樹枝被沉重的積雪壓彎了。
【音樂】用弓拉(小提琴等弦樂器)：
He tried to bow his fiddle but always missed.
他試著用弓拉小提琴，但總是拉偏了。
vi.
彎成弓形；彎曲：
His legs bow inward.
他的兩條腿向里彎曲。
【音樂】用弓拉琴等弦樂器：
He hadn't learned to bow smoothly yet.
他還沒學(xué)會流暢地拉琴。
短語:
A bow long bent at last waxes weak. (或 A bow long bent grows weak.)
[諺語]常拉滿弓弓無力。(比喻指)久張必弛，久習(xí)則慣。
bend the bow of Ulysses
執(zhí)行非常艱巨的任務(wù)[來自神話]
bend the (或a) long bow
= pull the (或a) long bow
draw a bow at venture
亂猜，瞎碰，企圖僥幸[來自《圣經(jīng)》]
突然襲擊
無目的地評論
Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed.
[諺語]箭沒搭好別拉弓。(或：三思而后行。)
draw the (或 a) long bow
= pull the (或 a) long bow
have two strings (或 many strings 或 more than one string) to one's bow
見 string
pull the (或 a) long bow
[口語] 夸大其詞，夸口，吹牛，說大話
shoot in another's bow
不干本行，干別人的行業(yè)