Значение

значений: 1
  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.

    1890, James Russell Lowell, Address in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America But DANTE was a great genius, and language curtseys to its natural Kings.

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Ещё определения
  • bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting

Примеры

предложений: 5
  1. The duchess curtsied gracefully before the king.

  2. Nobody really curtsies anymore.

  3. She curtsied with impeccable grace.

  4. Mary should curtsey.

  5. After dropping a curtsey, she stood blinking at us with her bleared eyes and fumbling in her pocket with nervous, shaky fingers.

Переводы

языков: 7
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По значениям 1
to make a curtsey:

Происхождение

Variant of courtesy (1525) (from court + -esy), from Middle English curteisie, curtesie, f

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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Формы

curtseys, curtseying, curtseyed, curtseyed
Базовая формаcurtsey · to curtsey
3-е лицо ед. числаcurtseys
Причастие настоящего времениcurtseying
Прошедшее времяcurtseyed
Причастие прошедшего времениcurtseyed

правильный · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theycurtsey
he, she, itcurtseys

Past simpleУрок

все лицаcurtseyed

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave curtseyed
he, she, ithas curtseyed

Future simple (will)Урок

все лицаwill curtsey

Синонимы

синонимов: 1
Близкие по смыслу
  • bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting:curtsy

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 1
Производныеcurtseyer

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