stoop

英 [stuːp]

美 [stuːp]

v.  俯身; 弯腰; (站立或行走时)弓背
n.  曲背; 驼背; 门廊

过去式：stooped　现在分词：stooping　第三人称单数：stoops　过去分词：stooped　复数：stoops　

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短语用例

stoop to sth

• 卑鄙（或堕落）到做某事
  to drop your moral standards to do sth bad or unpleasant
  1. She stooped down to pick up the child.
     她俯身抱起孩子。
  2. The doorway was so low that he had to stoop.
     门廊很矮，他低下头才过去。

习惯用语

v.

stoop so low (as to do sth)
• 卑鄙（或堕落）到…地步
  to drop your moral standards far enough to do sth bad or unpleasant
• She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman's finger.
  她无法相信真有人会龌龊到这种地步，竟然从一个死去的女人手指上偷戒指。

牛津词典

verb

• 俯身；弯腰
  to bend your body forwards and downwards
  1. She stooped down to pick up the child.
     她俯身抱起孩子。
  2. The doorway was so low that he had to stoop.
     门廊很矮，他低下头才过去。
• （站立或行走时）弓背
  to stand or walk with your head and shoulders bent forwards
  1. He tends to stoop because he's so tall.
     他个子太高了，所以时常弓着背。

noun

• 曲背；驼背
  if sb has a stoop , their shoulders are always bent forward
• 门廊
  a raised area outside the door of a house with steps leading up to it

柯林斯词典

• VERB (站立或行走时)弓背，驼背
  If youstoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards.
  1. She was taller than he was and stooped slightly.
     她比他高，而且略微有些驼背。
  2. Stoopis also a noun.
     
  3. He was a tall, thin fellow with a slight stoop.
     他是个瘦高个儿，有点驼背。
• VERB 弯腰;俯身
  If youstoop, you bend your body forwards and downwards.
  1. He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries...
     他俯下身去提装着食品杂货的购物袋。
  2. Two men in shirt sleeves stooped over the car...
     两名穿衬衣的男子趴在那辆汽车上。
  3. Stooping down, he picked up a big stone and hurled it.
     他俯身捡起一块大石头扔了出去。
• VERB 堕落(或卑鄙)到去做
  If you say that a personstoops todoing something, you are criticizing them because they do something wrong or immoral that they would not normally do.
  1. He had not, until recently, stooped to personal abuse...
     他以前从未像最近这样卑鄙到进行人身攻击。
  2. They've stooped to using any and every weapon at their disposal...
     他们已经无耻到把能用的武器都用上了。
  3. How could anyone stoop so low?
     怎么会有人堕落到这种地步？
• N-COUNT 门廊;门阶
  Astoopis a small platform at the door of a building, with steps leading up to it.
  1. They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.
     他们一起站在门廊上按响了门铃。

英英释义

noun

• an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
• small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
  Synonym:stoep
• basin for holy water
  Synonym:stoup

verb

• carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
  1. The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane
• sag, bend, bend over or down
  1. the rocks stooped down over the hiking path
• bend one's back forward from the waist on down
  1. he crouched down
  2. She bowed before the Queen
  3. The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
  Synonym:crouchbendbow
• descend swiftly, as if on prey
  1. The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
• debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
  1. I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
  Synonym:condescendlower oneself

双语例句

• We sat talking on the stoop.
  我们坐在门廊上一直谈到半夜。
• Stooping down, he picked up a big stone and hurled it.
  他俯身捡起一块大石头扔了出去。
• He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries
  他俯下身去提装着食品杂货的购物袋。
• She began to walk with a stoop not long after Pop died.
  在爷爷逝世后不久，她就开始驼着背走路了。
• Only once did he stoop to the tactics of his opponents.
  只有一次他屈尊沿袭了对手的手段。
• How could I stoop so low as to like such people?
  你以为我那么下三烂，竟然喜欢这种人？
• Wilds so vast, the sky stoop to the trees;| the river so clear, moon close to man.
  野旷天低树，江清月近人。（孟浩然《宿建德江》）
• They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.
  他们一起站在门廊上按响了门铃。
• Are you going to sit on my stoop very long?
  你想在我的窗下坐很长时间吗？
• I don't believe that our senator would ever stoop to bribery or blackmail.
  我不相信我们的参议员会堕落到行贿和勒索的地步。