If someone is bow-legged, their legs curve out at the knees, so there is a gap between the knees when the feet are together. The legs make a shape a bit like a bow — the curved thing you use to shoot an arrow, or the curve of a rainbow.

If someone is bow-legged如果一個人是bow-legged，their legs curve out at the knees他們的腿在膝蓋處會向外彎，so there is a gap between the knees when the feet are together所以雙腳併攏時膝蓋之間會有空隙。The legs make a shape a bit like a bow腿的形狀有點像一把弓 — the curved thing you use to shoot an arrow就是用來射箭的那個彎彎的東西，or the curve of a rainbow或是彩虹的弧形。

You can also write it as one word, bowlegged. It is an ordinary, slightly blunt description of a body; doctors may use more careful language, but everyday English is happy with bow-legged.

You can also write it as one word, bowlegged你也可以把它寫成一個字bowlegged。It is an ordinary, slightly blunt description of a body這是對身體一種普通、有點直白的描述；doctors may use more careful language醫生可能會用更謹慎的說法，but everyday English is happy with bow-legged但日常英文很自然地就用bow-legged。

People are born this way, or it can come from childhood illness or from work that stresses the legs. It is not an insult in itself, though saying it of someone who is standing right there can feel unkind, as body comments often do.

People are born this way有人天生就是這樣，or it can come from childhood illness or from work that stresses the legs也可能來自小時候的疾病，或是讓腿部負擔很重的工作。It is not an insult in itself這個字本身不是侮辱，though saying it of someone who is standing right there can feel unkind不過當著人面說出來還是可能讓人不舒服，as body comments often do就像對身體的評論常常會這樣。

The opposite picture is knock-kneed, where the knees fall in, not out.

The opposite picture is knock-kneed相反的情況是knock-kneed（X型腿），where the knees fall in, not out膝蓋是向內而不是向外彎。