| 单词 | crouch |
| 释义 | crouch (once / 424 pages) 1nv 2v To crouch is to bend your knees, pull your body in, and sit on your heels. This position is called a crouch. You might crouch down to pet a kitten or catch a baseball. The catcher in baseball stands in a low crouch, waiting for the pitch. Little kids might crouch in a closet or under a table when they play hide and seek. People crouch when they’re in a small space or to keep themselves warm. When you’re in a crouch, your body takes up less space. Crouch comes from the French crochir, "become bent or crooked," after the shape of a hook or a croche. WORD FAMILYcrouch: crouched, crouches, crouching USAGE EXAMPLESKlutz will be sworn in on Jan. 9 along with Holcomb, Crouch and other statewide officials at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Stanley Crouch once wrote that “there is nothing more serious than joy when it is about the right thing.” Salon(Dec 31, 2016) His centre was slid along the six-yard box for Crouch to convert. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body Hyper bending the act of bending something 2v bend one's back forward from the waist on down 2he crouched down Syn|Hypo|Hyper bend, bow, stoop squinch crouch down cower, huddlecrouch or curl up bend, flex form a curve v sit on one's heels Syn|Hyper hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squat sit, sit down be seated |
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