| 单词 | stoop |
| 释义 | stoop stoop1 —stooper, n. —stoopingly, adv. /stoohp/, v.i. 1. to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk. 2. to carry the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward: to stoop from age. 3. (of trees, precipices, etc.) to bend, bow, or lean. 4. to descend from one's level of dignity; condescend; deign: Don't stoop to argue with him. 5. to swoop down, as a hawk at prey. 6. to submit; yield. 7. Obs. to come down from a height. v.t. 8. to bend (oneself, one's head, etc.) forward and downward. 9. Archaic. to abase, humble, or subdue. n. 10. the act or an instance of stooping. 11. a stooping position or carriage of body: The elderly man walked with a stoop. 12. a descent from dignity or superiority. 13. a downward swoop, as of a hawk. [bef. 900; ME stoupen (v.), OE stupian; c. MD stupen to bend, bow; akin to STEEP1] Syn. 1. lean, crouch. See bend1. stoop2 /stoohp/, n. a small raised platform, approached by steps and sometimes having a roof and seats, at the entrance of a house; a small porch. [1670-80, Amer.; < D stoep; c. MLG stope, G Stufe step in a stair. See STEP] stoop3 /stoohp/, n. stoup. |
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