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stoop1/stu:p/ v. & n.●v. 1 tr. bend (one's head or body) forwards and downwards 俯(首);弯(腰) 2 intr. carry one's head and shoulders bowed forward 屈身站立(或行走等) 3 intr. (foll. by 后跟 to + infin.) deign or condescend 屈尊;屈就 4 intr. (foll. by 后跟 to) descend or lower oneself to (some conduct) 降格,堕落(去做某事) has stooped to crime 堕落到去犯罪 5 intr. (of a hawk etc.) swoop on its prey (鹰等)俯冲捕食 ●n. 1 a stooping posture 俯身;弯腰;曲背 2 the downward swoop of a hawk etc. (鹰等捕猎时的)俯冲下扑 [Old English stūpian from Germanic: related to STEEP1] |