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Droop Head Drooping Ears Hanging Ed 英 Druːp] 美

英语单词 droop
英美音标 英 [druːp] 美 [druːp]
中文释义 v.低垂;下垂;(草木)枯萎;(精神)萎靡
n.下垂;消沉
英语例句 (1) She sat there with her head drooping.
(2) The crops were drooping for want of water.
(3) His spirits drooped after he failed the exam.
(4) In the droop of her lip there was something sensuous.
中文例句 (1) 她垂着头坐在那儿。
(2) 农作物缺水枯萎了。
(3) 在考试没能及格之后,他精神就萎靡了。
(4) 在她那下垂的嘴唇上的确有点儿敏感的意味。
vocabulary简明 To droop is to limply or loosely hang downward. Have you ever seen the long, floppy ears of a basset hound hanging down? Those ears are drooping.
vocabulary扩展 When things droop, they're loose and hanging down. On a day without wind, a flag will droop. If you are sad or embarrassed, your head might droop a little. Evidently, drooping your head when you’re feeling down is something people have been doing for a long time. Droop is also related to the words drop and drip.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]低垂;下垂;垂落 If something droops, it hangs or leans downwards with no strength or firmness.
  [V]
  [V prep]
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  [usu N of n]
  • Crook's eyelids drooped and he yawned...

    克鲁克的眼皮耷拉下来,打了个哈欠。

  • Pale wilting roses drooped from a blue vase.

    泛白凋零的玫瑰从蓝色的花瓶里耷拉下来。

  • ...a young man with a drooping moustache.

    蓄着八字胡的年轻人

  • Droop is also a noun.
    • ...the droop of his shoulders.

      他肩膀耷拉着

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