| 单词 | stoop |
| 释义 | stoop (once / 250 pages) 1vn 2n 3n Stoop means to lean your head and torso forward and down. If you're six feet tall and you tour a historical building, you'll have to stoop to get through the low doorways. Stoop comes from the same root as steep. You can stoop to clear a doorway, or stoop metaphorically, by lower your morals. If you used to be an honest garbageman but now haul "garbage" for the mafia, you have "stooped to their level." If you slouch and droop, you're stooping. When owls quickly descend on their prey, that's also called stooping. Stoop is also the term for the stairs leading up to a front entrance of a house. WORD FAMILYstoop: stooped, stooper, stooping, stoops+/stooper: stoopers/stooping: stoopingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe only real blemish on Stoops’ coaching resume? Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Added Sooners defensive coordinator Mike Stoops, “Pettway is obviously a big part of what they do.” Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) He said he finalized his decision Friday and told coach Mark Stoops after the game, a 33-18 loss to Georgia Tech. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v bend one's back forward from the waist on down The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse Syn|Hypo|Hyper bend, bow, crouch squinch crouch down cower, huddlecrouch or curl up bend, flex form a curve 2v carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane Hyper bear, carry, hold support or hold in a certain manner 3v sag, bend, bend over or down the rocks stooped down over the hiking path Hyper incline, pitch, slope be at an angle 4v debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way I won't stoop to reading other people's mail Syn|Hyper condescend, lower oneself act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 5v descend swiftly, as if on prey The eagle stooped on the mice in the field Hyper pounce, swoop move down on as if in an attack 6n an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward 2Hyper inclination, inclining the act of inclining; bending forward n small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house 3Syn|Hyper stoep porch a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance n basin for holy water Syn|Hyper stoup basin a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids |
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