stoops

n.佝偻；弯腰；屈尊；俯冲

v.弯腰；屈服；佝偻；屈尊；降格；俯冲

The old woman walked with a stoop. 老太太伛偻而行。

Try not to walk with such a stoop. 尽量不要驼着背走路。

The hawk descend in a vertical stoop on its quarry. 鹰向它的猎物直冲而下。

She stooped low to look under the bed. 她弯下腰看床底下。

He would never stoop to conciliate. 他决不屈就和解。

The man stoops with age. 那个男人因年老而身体佝偻。

Don't stoop to quarrel with her about it. 别降低身份为这事去跟她争吵。

I would never stoop to cheating. 我可决不至于下贱到骗人的地步。

A big eagle stooped at a prey. 一只大鹰扑向一只猎物。

stoop的基本意思是“弯腰,俯首”,有时指弯曲膝盖来降低身体的高度,而头部和躯干仍旧是挺直的。引申可作“屈尊,降格,堕落”解。还可指从较高的道德水平降到较低的道德水平或行为标准而作出不光彩的举动。

stoop可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。

stoop用作不及物动词时常接动词不定式作目的状语,可直译为“弯腰做…”,还可引申译为“屈尊去做…”。

stoop后可接“to+sth/ v -ing”结构,意思是“降低身份作出…”“堕落到…程度”。

stoop还可用作名词,意思是“弯腰, 屈背, 屈服”。