transcription, транскрипция: [ kɜ:(r)tsi ]
also curtsey
( curtsies, curtsying, curtsied)
If a woman or a girl curtsies , she lowers her body briefly, bending her knees and sometimes holding her skirt with both hands, as a way of showing respect for an important person.
We were taught how to curtsy to the Queen...
Ingrid shook the Duchess’s hand and curtsied.
VERB : V to n , V
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Curtsy is also a noun.
She gave a curtsy.
N-COUNT