[VERB 动词](站立或行走时)弓背,驼背 If you stoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards.
[V]
She was taller than he was and stooped slightly.
她比他高,而且略微有些驼背。
Stoop is also a noun.
He was a tall, thin fellow with a slight stoop.
他是个瘦高个儿,有点驼背。
stooping
...a slender slightly stooping American.
略有驼背的苗条美国人
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[VERB 动词]弯腰;俯身 If you stoop, you bend your body forwards and downwards.
[V]
[V over n]
[V down/over]
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。
Two men in shirt sleeves stooped over the car...
两名穿衬衣的男子趴在那辆汽车上。
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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[VERB 动词]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.
[V to n/-ing]
[V adj]
[disapproval]
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。
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。
How could anyone stoop so low?
怎么会有人堕落到这种地步?
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]门廊;门阶 A stoop is a small platform at the door of a building, with steps leading up to it.
[AM 美]
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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stoop/stuːp; NAmEstuːp/
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stoopstoopsstoopedstoopingverb1[intransitive ]stoop(down) to bend your body forwards and downwards 俯身;弯腰◆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。2[intransitive ]to stand or walk with your head and shoulders bent forwards (站立或行走时)弓背◆He tends to stoop because he's so tall.他个子太高了,所以时常弓着背。IDIOMstoop so ˈlow (as to do sth)( formal) to drop your moral standards far enough to do sth bad or unpleasant 卑鄙(或堕落)到…地步◆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。PHRASAL VERBˈstoop to sthto drop your moral standards to do sth bad or unpleasant 卑鄙(或堕落)到做某事◆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!stoopdoing sth ◆I didn't think he'd stoop to cheating.我觉得他总不至于作弊吧。noun1[singular ]if sb has a stoop,their shoulders are always bent forward 曲背;驼背2[countable ]( NAmE) a raised area outside the door of a house with steps leading up to it 门廊stoop/stuːp; NAmEstuːp/
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1 (also stoop down) to bend your body forward and down: We had to stoop to pass through the low entrance. Dave stooped down to tie his shoes.2to stand with your back and shoulders bent forwardsstoop to phrasal verbto do something bad or morally wrong, which you do not normally dostoop to doing something I didn’t expect you to stoop to lying.stoop to somebody’s/that level Don’t stoop to her level.
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1[singular] if you have a stoop, your shoulders are bent forward: Mr Hamilton was an odd, quiet man who walked with a stoop.2[countable] American English a raised area at the door of a house, usually big enough to sit on
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