droop

B2 FREQ #43568 ★☆☆☆☆

vi. 下垂, 消沉 vt. 使下垂 n. 低垂, 消沉

发音

US /ˈdɹuːp/

词形变化

droops 复数 drooped droopest droopeth drooping droops 三单 droops drooping 现在分词 drooped 过去式 drooped 过去分词 more droop 比较级 most droop 最高级

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    Something which is limp or sagging.

  2. 2.

    A condition or posture of drooping.

    He walked with a discouraged droop.

  3. 3.

    A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing.

    航空 商务 工程
v.
  1. 1.

    To hang downward; to sag.

    低垂

    下垂

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To allow to droop or sink.

    及物

    1892, Arthur Christopher Benson, “Knapweed” in Le Cahier Jaune: Poems, Eton: privately printed, p. 62, Down in the mire he droops his head; Forgotten, not forgiven.

  5. 5.

    To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.

    比喻 不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Drooping; adroop.

    古体

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

sag

上位词 3

impression depression imprint
动词

同义词 5

flag wilt swag sag loll

上位词 8

drop swing sink decay crumble dangle dilapidate drop down

下位词 3

bag slump slouch

相关短语

droop snoot droop snoots brewer's droop

词源

Inherited from Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, *drupōną (“to hang down, drip, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to drip, drop”). Doublet of drip and drop.

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