stoop
n. 佝偻, 屈从, 弯腰 vi. 弯下, 屈从, 弯腰, 堕落 vt. 使屈从, 使弯曲
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教材释义与例句
辱没，堕落；俯曲
弯腰；屈服；堕落
释义与例句
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1.
A stooping, bent position of the body.
The old man walked with a stoop.
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2.
An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
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1.
A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
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1.
The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
加拿大 建筑...the entrance being at the side of the house and reached by a low front stoop with four or five risers...
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2.
The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
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A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
方言
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1.
To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
弯腰
俯下
He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.
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2.
To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?
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3.
Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
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4.
To cause to incline downward; to slant.
及物to stoop a cask of liquor
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To cause to submit; to prostrate.
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To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
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7.
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
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词源
From Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian (“to bow, bend”), from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic *stūpōną, *stūpijaną (“to stand out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, butt, knock”). Compare steep. Cognate with Dutch stuipen (“to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward”), Old Norse stúpa (“to stoop”). Related also to Old Frisian stēpa (“to help”), Old Norse steypa (“to cause to stoop, cast down, overthrow”).
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