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单词 stoops
释义

stoop1 /stoop/

intransitive verb
  1. To bend the body forward
  2. To lean forward
  3. To submit
  4. To descend from rank or dignity
  5. To condescend
  6. To lower oneself by unworthy behaviour
  7. (of a bird of prey) to swoop down
transitive verb

To bend, incline, lower, or direct downward

noun
  1. A bending of the body
  2. Inclination forward
  3. Descent
  4. Condescension
  5. A swoop
ORIGIN: OE stūpian; ON stūpa; the vowel preserved by the following p

stooped adjective

Having a stoop, bent

stoopˈer noun

stoopˈing adjective

stoopˈingly adverb

stoopˈ-gallant noun (obsolete; also (Spenser) stoope-gallaunt)

That which humbles gallants, orig the sweating-sickness (also adjective)

stoop2 /stoop/ (US)

noun

A raised platform, verandah, porch, or set of outside steps leading to the front door of a house

ORIGIN: See stoep

stoop4 or stoup /stoop/

noun
  1. A post (dialect)
  2. A prop, supporter, patron (Scot)
  3. A massive supporting pillar of coal in a mine (dialect)
ORIGIN: ON stolpi post

stoop and roop or stoup and roup (Scot)

Stump and rump, completely

stoup1 or stoop /stoop/ (Shakespeare stoope or stope /stōp/)

noun
  1. A vessel for holy water
  2. A drinking vessel (archaic)
  3. A bucket (obsolete)
ORIGIN: Cf ON staup and Du stoop; OE stēap
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