crouch

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n. 蹲伏, 蜷缩 vi. 蹲下, 蜷着, 缩着 vt. 低头

发音

UK /kɹaʊt͡ʃ/

词形变化

crouches 复数 crouches 三单 crouching 现在分词 crouched 过去式 crouched 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bent or stooped position.

    The cat waited in a crouch, hidden behind the hedge.

  2. 1.

    A cross.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

    卧

    蹲

    不及物

    We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.

  2. 2.

    To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.

    不及物
  3. 1.

    To sign with the cross; bless.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

bending
动词

同义词 8

bow bend squat stoop hunker hunker down scrunch scrunch up

上位词 4

sit bend flex sit down

下位词 3

huddle cower squinch

相关短语

crouch ware Crouch End

词源

From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.

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