1540s, "expression of respect," a variant of courtesy (q.v.). Specific meaning "a bending the knee and lowering the body as a gesture of respect" is from 1570s. Originally not exclusively feminine.
curtsy (v.)
1550s, from curtsy (n.). Related: Curtsied; curtsying.
雙語例句
1. We were taught how to curtsy to the Queen.
有人教我們如何向女王行屈膝禮。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She gave a curtsy.
她行了個屈膝禮。
來自柯林斯例句
3. She swept him a curtsy.
她走過時對他行了一個屈膝禮.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The ballerina bobbed a curtsy ( to the audience ) before leaving the stage.
那個芭蕾**演員在下臺之前 ( 向觀眾 ) 行屈膝禮.
來自辭典例句
5. His lordship gave me an indulgent look, and acknowledged my curtsy very graciously.