n.佝僂；彎腰；屈尊；俯沖

v.彎腰；屈服；佝僂；屈尊；降格；俯沖

The old woman walked with a stoop. 老太太傴僂而行。

Try not to walk with such a stoop. 盡量不要駝著背走路。

The hawk descend in a vertical stoop on its quarry. 鷹向它的獵物直沖而下。

She stooped low to look under the bed. 她彎下腰看床底下。

He would never stoop to conciliate. 他決不屈就和解。

The man stoops with age. 那個男人因年老而身體佝僂。

Don't stoop to quarrel with her about it. 別降低身份為這事去跟她爭吵。

I would never stoop to cheating. 我可決不至于下賤到騙人的地步。

A big eagle stooped at a prey. 一只大鷹撲向一只獵物。

stoop的基本意思是“彎腰,俯首”,有時指彎曲膝蓋來降低身體的高度,而頭部和軀干仍舊是挺直的。引申可作“屈尊,降格,墮落”解。還可指從較高的道德水平降到較低的道德水平或行為標準而作出不光彩的舉動。

stoop可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時接名詞或代詞作賓語。

stoop用作不及物動詞時常接動詞不定式作目的狀語,可直譯為“彎腰做…”,還可引申譯為“屈尊去做…”。

stoop后可接“to+sth/ v -ing”結構,意思是“降低身份作出…”“墮落到…程度”。

stoop還可用作名詞,意思是“彎腰, 屈背, 屈服”。