1 bend one's head or body forwards and downwards
低头;俯身,弯腰
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he stooped down and reached towards the coin 他弯下腰去捡硬币
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Linda stooped to pick up the bottles 琳达俯身去捡瓶子
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the man stoops his head .那个男子低着头。
have the head and shoulders habitually bent forwards
驼背,弯腰曲背
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he tends to stoop when he walks 他走路时总爱弯着腰
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[as adj.
stooping ]a thin, stooping figure .一个驼背的单薄身影。
(of a bird of prey)swoop down on a quarry
(猛禽)下扑,猛扑。
2 lower one's moral standards so far as to do something reprehensible
堕落
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Craig wouldn't stoop to thieving 克雷格不会堕落到偷窃的地步
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she was unwilling to believe that anyone could stoop so low as to steal from a dead woman .她不愿意相信有人会堕落到从一个死去的女人那里偷东西。
[with infinitive]
〈古〉 屈尊,屈从
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the princes now and then stooped to pay a nominal homage .王子们偶尔会屈尊表示象征性的敬意。
1[in sing.] a posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards
弯腰,曲背
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a tall, thin man with a stoop .一个又高又瘦的驼背男子。2 the downward swoop of a bird of prey(猛禽的)下扑,猛扑。
〈北美〉 (有台阶的)门廊,走廊。
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stoopv.低头;俯身;弯腰;堕落;驼背;弯腰曲背;下扑;猛扑;屈尊;屈从
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stopv.结束;停止;填塞;处于;表现;停下来;阻挡;总是;中止
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