英语词汇“droop”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdroop

Origin:

1200-1300 Old Norse drúpa

VERB TABLE

droop

Simple Form
Present	it	droops
Present		droop
Past	it, they	drooped
Present perfect	they	have drooped
	it	has drooped
Past perfect	it, they	had drooped
Future	it, they	will droop
Future perfect	it, they	will have drooped

Continuous Form
Present	they	are drooping
	it	is drooping
Past	they	were drooping
	it	was drooping
Present perfect	they	have been drooping
	it	has been drooping
Past perfect	it, they	had been drooping
Future	it, they	will be drooping
Future perfect	it, they	will have been drooping

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Can you water the plants? They're starting to droop.
Consumer spending could revive the drooping economy.
He watered the vines so little that the leaves drooped and the tendrils withered.
These flowers are beginning to droop. You'd better water them.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

For a day or two this tactic was mildly successful, but eventually even Auster began to droop from the monotony.
Haig and Kendall seemed almost to droop as the adrenalin drained out of them.
Her eyes were just drooping into sleep when she snapped back into consciousness.
Most of the vines looked lifeless, their leaves drooping from the woody stems and curling into cylinders.
One of its shoulder straps had drooped to her upper arm.
Towards the end of his harangue his head grew heavy, his eyelids drooped, and his speech became thick.
Twice I ran perilously close to the edge, my eyes dazzled and eyelids drooping.

Longman Language Activatorwhen a plant becomes weak► wilt

if a plant or flower wilts , it becomes weak and loses its colour, freshness etc, especially because of heat or lack of water: · Marigolds are a strong breed, less likely to wilt than other plants.· The plant in the corner was wilting, its brilliant yellow petals scattered on the floor.

► droop

if a plant or flower droops , it starts to hang down, especially because it is not getting enough water, and begins to die: · These flowers are beginning to droop. You'd better water them.· He watered the vines so little that the leaves drooped and the tendrils withered.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► eyelids ... droop

His eyelids began to droop (=close, because he was sleepy).

► somebody’s shoulders slump/droop/sag

(=move downwards because they are sad or tired)· ‘You 're right,’ he sighed, his shoulders drooping.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► eyelid

· Twice I ran perilously close to the edge, my eyes dazzled and eyelids drooping.· Towards the end of his harangue his head grew heavy, his eyelids drooped, and his speech became thick.· Her eyelids drooped, fluttered, and then drooped again.· One of the issues in his last re- election campaign was that his eyelids frequently drooped during meetings.

► head

· His head momentarily drooped to the side and Mrs Atkins said again, ` Well!· Their heads drooped, their cars waggled forward, they snuffed hopelessly at the dusty ground.· Her arms had dropped to her sides and her head drooped.· She lets her head droop against my arm.· Her head was drooped between her resting forearms and clenched hands.

► shoulder

· One of its shoulder straps had drooped to her upper arm.· Her shoulders drooped, and her hands lay limp in her lap.· After three months in prison he entered the bare room listlessly, shoulders drooping.· In spite of firm resolution, his shoulders drooped again, almost of their own accord.· Her little shoulders drooped, her arms hung straight by her sides.· Ace's shoulders drooped, and she closed her eyes.· She let the sewing drop on to her lap and her shoulders drooped a little.