bow and scrape

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.
    — [H]e took off his Highland bonnet, and performed a bow and scrape.
动词 v.
  1. To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
  2. To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner. broadly,idiomatic
    — But he is not one of those lawyers who bow and scrape before wealthy clients. He will not be pushed around.

词形变化

bows and scrapes present,singular,third-person bowing and scraping participle,present bowed and scraped participle,past bowed and scraped past scrape and bow alternative bows and scrapes plural scrape and bow alternative
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