bowing

名词 bowing:

1. bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame
   同义词：bow, obeisance
2. managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument

动词 bow:

1. bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
   同义词：bow, bow down
2. submit or yield to another's wish or opinion
   同义词：submit, bow, defer, accede, give in
3. bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
   同义词：bow
4. bend one's back forward from the waist on down
   同义词：crouch, stoop, bend, bow
5. play on a string instrument
   同义词：bow

形容词 bowing:

1. showing an excessively deferential manner
   同义词：bowed

1. The waiter showed us to our table with much bowing and scraping.
   服务员一个劲儿地点头哈腰领我们就座。
2. I'm bowing out of this scheme I don't approve of it.
   我退出这个计划－－我不同意它。
3. After thirty years in politics, he is finally bowing out.
   他从政三十年之後，终於决定退出政坛。
4. In Japan, waiters are used to bowing visitors in and out at the restaurants.
   在日本，饭店服务员在迎送顾客时总是要给客人鞠躬。