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運弓法

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bow \Bow\ (b[=o]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Bowing}.]
   To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow.

Bowing \Bow"ing\, n. (Mus.)
   1. The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed
      instruments.

            Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of
            the violinist, the violist, etc.      --J. W. Moore.

   2. In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and
      distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare
      it for felting.

Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Bowing}.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[=u]gan (generally
   v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen,
   Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b["o]ja, Dan. b["o]ie,
   bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. ?, and
   Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf. {Fugitive}.]
   1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to
      inflect; to make crooked or curved.

            We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to
            their natural straightness.           --Milton.

            The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind
            of tyranny.                           --Prescott.

   2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to
      bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

            Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.
                                                  --Bacon.

            Not to bow and bias their opinions.   --Fuller.

   3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of
      respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.

            They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the
            ground before him.                    --2 Kings ii.
                                                  15.

   4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;? to
      crush; to subdue.

            Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave.
                                                  --Shak.

   5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.

資料來源 : WordNet®

bowing
     adj : showing an excessively deferential manner [syn: {bowed}]
     n 1: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
          submission or shame [syn: {bow}, {obeisance}]
     2: managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the
        violinist's bowing was excellent"