| 释义 |
take a bow
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | take a bow - acknowledge praise or accept credit; "They finally took a bow for what they did"accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" | | 2. | take a bow - acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performancebow - bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King" |
Translationstake a bow
take a bowTo recognize and acknowledge praise, credit, admiration, or appreciation. The famed director is not one to take a bow when given compliments on her work, preferring instead to defer credit to the cast and crew Go on, David—take a bow! Everyone is cheering for you!See also: bow, taketake a bowto bow and acknowledge credit for a good performance. At the end of the concerto, the pianist rose and took a bow. The audience applauded wildly and demanded that the conductor come out and take a bow again.See also: bow, taketake a bowAcknowledge praise or applause, as in The conductor asked the composer to take a bow. This idiom uses bow in the sense of "inclining the body or head as a token of salutation." [c. 1800] See also: bow, taketake a bow mainly BRITISH, JOURNALISMPeople sometimes write take a bow before or after a person's name when they want to congratulate that person or show their admiration for them. Note: `Bow' is pronounced with the same vowel sound as the word `how'. There are only three of them — take a bow, Grant Lee Phillips on guitar and vocals, Paul Kimble on bass and drummer Joey Peters — but they sound like an orchestra. When you've got the best camerawork and the best commentators — Martin Tyler, take a bow — it's hard to go far wrong.See also: bow, taketake a bow 1 (of an actor or entertainer) acknowledge applause after a performance. 2 used to tell someone that they should feel themselves worthy of applause.See also: bow, taketake a bow
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