单词 | stooped |
释义 | stoopedadj. 1. a. On which a bird of prey is stooping. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > quarry > [adjective] > attacked stooped1606 1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. A2v A cast of Faulcons on their merry wings, Daring the stooped prey, that shifting flies. b. Of a bird of prey: That has swooped down. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [adjective] > swooping > that has swooped stooped1820 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 7 While Hermes on his pinions lay, Like a stoop'd falcon ere he takes his prey. 2. Of the head or shoulders: Bent downwards. Of a person: Bowed, having a stoop, stooping. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > [adjective] > in a stoop on helda1500 stooped1865 stoopy1905 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard i. i. 8 Which one is that, stooped somewhat in the neck, That walks so with his chin against the wind? 1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. xxii. 61 Barbara's stopped head is hidden by her hands. 1876 World No. 115. V. 13 He is paler, and stooped, and supports his tottering steps with a stout walking stick. 1881 M. Laffan in Macmillan's Mag. XLIV. 380 A little stooped old woman. 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 238 Over their stooped shoulders..Westover saw Alan. 3. Of a vessel: Tilted, inclined. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > tilted or tilting > a vessel stooped1866 1866 A. C. Swinburne Poems & Ballads 87 The stooped urn, filling, dips and flashes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1606 |
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