stooping

英 [ˈstuːpɪŋ]

美 [ˈstuːpɪŋ]

v.  俯身; 弯腰; (站立或行走时)弓背
stoop的现在分词

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

adj

• having the back and shoulders rounded
  1. a little oldish misshapen stooping woman
  Synonym:hunchedround-backedround-shoulderedstoopedcrooked

双语例句

• WITH A SMILE that never left his lips, Nikolay sat bent a little forward on a low chair, and stooping close over his blonde beauty, he paid her mythological compliments.
  尼古拉脸上挂着永不消逝的微笑，微微弯腰坐在扶手椅里，俯身挨近金发女人，对她讲一些神话般的恭维话。
• Checks the great mother stooping to caress her.
  妨碍伟大的母亲俯身爱抚。
• And for number, I am sure they were like autumn leaves, so that my back ached with stooping and my fingers with sorting them out.
  至于钱币的数量，我能肯定多得像秋天的落叶，弄得我腰酸背疼，手指都因区分那些金币而磨痛了。
• But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.
  彼得起来，跑到坟墓前，低头往里看，见细麻布独在一处，就回去了，心里希奇所成的事。
• Stooping, butting his head through the weeds and against the wind, Mike got around in front of me, all the time holding on to my arm.
  蹲着，在杂草中顶着风，麦克转到我的前面。一直握着我的双臂。
• We look out the window and admire the elegance of ice-crystal, the bravely patient tree leaning leafless in the wind, the dramatic shadows of the stooping sun.
  我们眺望着窗外，惊艳冰晶的素美，敬佩挺立风中的树木的勇敢，惊叹落日恢弘的壮丽。
• Stooping to contemptible methods to realize their ambitions;
  为实现他们的野心而卑屈到采取可鄙的手段；
• Replying with a snide remark means stooping to the bully's level, and the problem could escalate.
  以卑鄙的话回答意味着把自己降低到恶棍的水准，可能导致问题激化。
• This gave the dwarf an advantage because Edmund, being much taller, had to be always stooping.
  这当然对小矮人有利，因为爱德蒙个子高得多，只好不时地蹲下身子进攻对手。
• Whenever you find yourself stooping, say to yourself, Sit up straight now. Soon, the habit will become second nature.
  只要看到弯腰曲背了，就跟自己说：马上坐直。不久，这个习惯就能成为你的第二天性了。