英语词汇“curtsy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

curtsycurtsy, curtsey /ˈkɚtsi/ verb (curtsies, curtsied, curtsying) [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYcurtsy

Origin: 1500-1600 courtesy

VERB TABLE

curtsy

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	curtsy
	he, she, it	curtsies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	curtsied
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have curtsied
	he, she, it	has curtsied
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had curtsied
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will curtsy
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have curtsied

Continuous Form
Present	I	am curtsying
	he, she, it	is curtsying
	you, we, they	are curtsying
Past	I, he, she, it	was curtsying
	you, we, they	were curtsying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been curtsying
	he, she, it	has been curtsying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been curtsying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be curtsying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been curtsying

if a woman curtsies to someone, she bends her knees while putting one foot behind the other as a sign of respect: Sarah curtsied to the Queen. [Origin: 1500–1600 courtesy]—curtsy noun [countable] → bow