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Crouch V Plunge Krautʃ V.蹲伏,弯腰 英 蹲伏,弯腰 Stoop

单词 crouch
音标 ['krautʃ]
解释 v.蹲伏,弯腰
红宝书 【英】 v. 蹲伏,弯腰 (to stoop or bend low)
【考】 hover : plunge / crouch : spring(盘旋是为俯冲准备/ 蹲伏是为跳起准备)
【记】 注意不要和couch(长 沙发)相混
【例】 The cat saw the bird and crouched down ready to jump.
字源 crouch (v.)
late 14c., probably from Old French crochir "become bent, crooked," from croche "hook" (see crochet). Related: Crouched; crouching. As a noun, from 1590s.
不择手段背单词 v. (膝盖弯曲时的)弯腰; 蹲伏; 蜷伏
【记】比couch(n 长沙发. 读: 靠吃)多了一个r象一个人坐在沙发上弯腰
【类】hover: plunge = crouch: spring 盘旋是为俯冲准备 = 蹲伏是为跳起准备
趣味全助记 【记】couch 坐在沙发上时就是类似这个姿势;运动员起跑的姿势更接近这个意思
【相关】也有cringe 卑躬屈膝的意思,cringe的变体,

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