| 单词 | droop |
| 释义 | droop (once / 412 pages) vn To droop is to limply or loosely hang downward. Have you ever seen the long, floppy ears of a basset hound hanging down? Those ears are drooping. When things droop, they're loose and hanging down. On a day without wind, a flag will droop. If you are sad or embarrassed, your head might droop a little. Evidently, drooping your head when you’re feeling down is something people have been doing for a long time. Droop is also related to the words drop and drip. WORD FAMILYdroop: drooped, drooping, droops, droopy+/drooping: droopingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe candles droop, sag and curl over the surfaces like so many tubers, intestines or slugs. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) Next to him were three drooping bouquets of flowers and a collection of rain-soaked signs of encouragement. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) His eyes drooped, his lids looked as though they had weights placed on them, but he smiled and said something that made Amaka laugh. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) 1v droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness Syn|Hypo|Hyper flag, sag, swag slouch, slump assume a drooping posture or carriage baghang loosely, like an empty bag drop, drop down, sink fall or descend to a lower place or level 2v hang loosely or laxly Syn|Hyper loll dangle, drop, swing hang freely 3v become limp Syn|Hyper wilt crumble, decay, dilapidate fall into decay or ruin 4n a shape that sags Syn|Hyper sag depression, impression, imprint a concavity in a surface produced by pressing |
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