stoop
- IPA[stuːp]
英式
- bend one's head or body forwards and downwards；have the head and shoulders habitually bent forwards
- a posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards；the downward swoop of a bird of prey.
verb: stoop, 3rd person present: stoops, gerund or present participle: stooping, past tense: stooped, past participle: stooped
noun: stoop, plural noun: stoops
- 釋義
- 相關詞
動詞
- 1. bend one's head or body forwards and downwards he stooped down and reached towards the coin Linda stooped to pick up the bottles 同義詞
- ▪ have the head and shoulders habitually bent forwards he tends to stoop when he walks 同義詞
- 2. lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible Craig wouldn't stoop to thieving she was unwilling to believe that anyone could stoop so low as to steal from a dead woman 同義詞
- ▪ archaic condescend to do something the princes now and then stooped to pay a nominal homage
- 3. (of a bird of prey) swoop down on a quarry we witnessed an eagle stooping on its prey
名詞
- 1. a posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards a tall, thin man with a stoop
- 2. the downward swoop of a bird of prey.
- (of a person) having the head and shoulders habitually bent forward: a thin, stooped figure
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of a person) having the head and shoulders habitually bent forwards: a thin, stooped figure
Oxford Dictionary
- a ball game resembling baseball in which the ball is thrown against a building rather than to a ...
Oxford Dictionary
- agricultural labour performed in a stooping or squatting position.
Oxford Dictionary
- a ball game resembling baseball in which the ball is thrown against a building or the steps of ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- agricultural labor performed in a stooping or squatting position.
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[sto͞op]
美式
- bend one's head or body forward and downward: he stooped down and reached toward the coin Linda stooped to pick up the bottles
- a posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forward: a tall, thin man with a stoop
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[sto͞op]
美式
- a porch with steps in front of a house or other building.
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[stuːp]
英式
- a porch with steps in front of a house or other building.
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