stooping

英 [ˈstuːpɪŋ]

美 [ˈstuːpɪŋ]

v.  俯身; 弯腰; (站立或行走时)弓背
stoop的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB (站立或行走时)弓背，驼背
  If youstoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards.
  1. She was taller than he was and stooped slightly.
     她比他高，而且略微有些驼背。
  2. Stoopis also a noun.
     
  3. He was a tall, thin fellow with a slight stoop.
     他是个瘦高个儿，有点驼背。
• VERB 弯腰;俯身
  If youstoop, you bend your body forwards and downwards.
  1. He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries...
     他俯下身去提装着食品杂货的购物袋。
  2. Two men in shirt sleeves stooped over the car...
     两名穿衬衣的男子趴在那辆汽车上。
  3. Stooping down, he picked up a big stone and hurled it.
     他俯身捡起一块大石头扔了出去。
• VERB 堕落(或卑鄙)到去做
  If you say that a personstoops todoing something, you are criticizing them because they do something wrong or immoral that they would not normally do.
  1. He had not, until recently, stooped to personal abuse...
     他以前从未像最近这样卑鄙到进行人身攻击。
  2. They've stooped to using any and every weapon at their disposal...
     他们已经无耻到把能用的武器都用上了。
  3. How could anyone stoop so low?
     怎么会有人堕落到这种地步？
• N-COUNT 门廊;门阶
  Astoopis a small platform at the door of a building, with steps leading up to it.
  1. They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.
     他们一起站在门廊上按响了门铃。

英英释义

adj

• having the back and shoulders rounded
  1. a little oldish misshapen stooping woman
  Synonym:hunchedround-backedround-shoulderedstoopedcrooked

双语例句

• Whenever you find yourself stooping, say to yourself, Sit up straight now. Soon, the habit will become second nature.
  只要看到弯腰曲背了，就跟自己说：马上坐直。不久，这个习惯就能成为你的第二天性了。
• A being resembling a man was walking amid the bell-glasses of the melon beds, rising, stooping, halting, with regular movements, as though he were dragging or spreading out something on the ground.
  那人好象是个男子，他在瓜田里的玻璃罩子中间走来走去，走走停停，时而弯下腰去，继又立起再走，仿佛他在田里拖着或撒播着什么似的。
• Drug-taking is a form of escapism for some people. stooping to contemptible methods to realize their ambitions;
  对有些人来说，吸毒是一种逃避现实的手段.为实现他们的野心而卑屈到采取可鄙的手段；
• He had taken it up, and was stooping to work again, when his eyes caught the skirt of her dress.
  他拿起了刀，弯下腰要工作，眼睛却瞥见了她的裙子。
• She filled on the port tack, and was off again, stooping and skimming like a swallow.
  大船左舷的船帆鼓得很满，大船像只燕子一样俯身掠过水面，然后又动了起来。
• Checks the great mother stooping to caress her.
  妨碍伟大的母亲俯身爱抚。
• Stooping down to pick up the pen, he felt a sharp pain in his back.
  弯下腰捡笔时，他感到背部剧痛。
• This gave the dwarf an advantage because Edmund, being much taller, had to be always stooping.
  这当然对小矮人有利，因为爱德蒙个子高得多，只好不时地蹲下身子进攻对手。
• But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.
  彼得起来，跑到坟墓前，低头往里看，见细麻布独在一处，就回去了，心里希奇所成的事。
• Replying with a snide remark means stooping to the bully's level, and the problem could escalate.
  以卑鄙的话回答意味着把自己降低到恶棍的水准，可能导致问题激化。