单词 | crouch |
释义 | crouch/kraʊtʃ![]() verb [no object] Adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself: we crouched down in the trench (be crouched) Leo was crouched before the fire...
Synonyms squat (down), duck (down), hunker down, bob down, hunch over; bend (down), stoop (down), bow (down), kneel (down), cower, cringe, shrink, huddle North American informal scooch noun [in singular] A crouching stance or posture: he dropped into a defensive crouch...
OriginLate Middle English: perhaps from Old French crochir 'be bent', from croche (see crotch). Rhymes |
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