stoop
- vi.俯身;弯腰;(站立或行走时)弓背
- n.驼背;门廊;曲背
复数： stoops 过去式： stooped 现在分词： stooping 过去分词： stooped 第三人称单数： stoops
stoopverb
俯身；弯腰
to bend your body forwards and downwards
She stooped down to pick up the child.
她俯身抱起孩子。
The doorway was so low that he had to stoop.
门廊很矮，他低下头才过去。
（站立或行走时）弓背
to stand or walk with your head and shoulders bent forwards
He tends to stoop because he's so tall.
他个子太高了，所以时常弓着背。
to drop your moral standards far enough to do sth bad or unpleasant
她无法相信真有人会龌龊到这种地步，竟然从一个死去的女人手指上偷戒指。
She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman's finger.
卑鄙（或堕落）到做某事
to drop your moral standards to do sth bad or unpleasant
You surely don't think I'd stoop to that!
你不会认为我会下作到那种地步吧！
I didn't think he'd stoop to cheating.
我觉得他总不至于说谎吧。
noun
曲背；驼背
if sb has a stoop , their shoulders are always bent forward
门廊
a raised area outside the door of a house with steps leading up to it
stoop
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VERB (站立或行走时)弓背，驼背
If you stoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards.She was taller than he was and stooped slightly.
她比他高，而且略微有些驼背。
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...a slender slightly stooping American.
略有驼背的苗条美国人
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VERB 弯腰;俯身
If you stoop, you bend your body forwards and downwards.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。
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VERB 堕落(或卑鄙)到去做
If you say that a person stoops to doing something, you are criticizing them because they do something wrong or immoral that they would not normally do.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。
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N-COUNT 门廊;门阶
A stoop is a small platform at the door of a building, with steps leading up to it.They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.
他们一起站在门廊上按响了门铃。
noun
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- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
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- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- Synonym: stoep
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- basin for holy water
- Synonym: stoup
verb
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- 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
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- sag, bend, bend over or down
- the rocks stooped down over the hiking path
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- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- he crouched down
- She bowed before the Queen
- The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
- Synonym: crouch bend bow
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- descend swiftly, as if on prey
- The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
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- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
- I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
- Synonym: condescend lower oneself
数据来源：WordNet
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To sow you need only to stand ; to reap you must stoop .
播种时你只要站着，收获时你却要俯身。
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And stoop and build ' em up with wornout tools ;
然后俯身，用破烂的工具把它修补；
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You surely don 't think I 'd stoop to that !
你不会认为我会下作到那种地步吧！
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The doorway was so low that he had to stoop .
门廊很矮，他低下头才过去。
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I didn 't think he 'd stoop to cheating .
我觉得他总不至于说谎吧。
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He tends to stoop because he 's so tall .
他个子太高了，所以时常弓着背。
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She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman 's finger .
她无法相信真有人会龌龊到这种地步，竟然从一个死去的女人手指上偷戒指。
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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。
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How could anyone stoop so low ?
怎么会有人堕落到这种地步？
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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。
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Two men in shirt sleeves stooped over the car
两名穿衬衣的男子趴在那辆汽车上。
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They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell .
他们一起站在门廊上按响了门铃。
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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。
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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。
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She was taller than he was and stooped slightly .
她比他高，而且略微有些驼背。
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He stooped down , cut the stem for her with his knife and handed her the flower .
他弯下腰，用刀替她将花茎割断，然后将花递给她。
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They will stoop to every low-down trick .
他们什么卑劣的手段都使得出来。
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How could I stoop so low as to like such people ?
你以为我那么下三烂，竟然喜欢这种人？
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Wilds so vast , the sky stoop to the trees ;| the river so clear , moon close to man .
野旷天低树，江清月近人。（孟浩然《宿建德江》）
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The rest were all somewhat stooping , as though watching the manoeuvres of this last .
其余几个微微俯身向前，像是在看他做什么
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I would regard it as a mark of extreme favour if you would stoop to honour me with this next dance .
如果您愿意与我共舞下一支曲子。我会感到无上光荣。
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Stooping , he stared at him in breathless and frozen ferocity .
他弯下身躯，盯着他，满脸凶相，令人失魂落魄，毛骨悚然
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It pains me to stoop down .
痛得我蹲下来。
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You would stoop so low as to take advantage of it .
你能如此卑躬屈膝地去获得有利条件。
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I stooped down to put my face level with his .
我俯下身去与他面对面。
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Tall people often stoop in order to make themselves look shorter .
高个子往往弯腰曲背好使自己看上去稍许矮些。
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He is a man who would stoop to anything for profit .
他是一个为了发财什么卑鄙勾当都干得出来的人。
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I would not stoop to talk to such a woman .
我不会降尊去同那种女人攀谈。
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He stooped his head to get into the car .
他能够使她俯首贴耳的。他俯首钻进了汽车。
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Are you going to sit on my stoop very long ?
你想在我的窗下坐很长时间吗？
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