单词 | stoop |
释义 | stoop 1. v. & n. --v   1. tr. bend (one's head or body) forwards and downwards.   2. intr. carry one's head and shoulders bowed forward.   3. intr. (foll. by to + infin.) deign or condescend.   4. intr. (foll. by to) descend or lower oneself to (some conduct) (has stooped to crime).   5. intr. (of a hawk etc.) swoop on its prey. --n   1. a stooping posture.   2. the downward swoop of a hawk etc. Etymology: OE stupian f. Gmc, rel. to STEEP(1) 2. n. US a porch or small veranda or set of steps in front of a house. Etymology: Du. stoep: see STOEP 3. var. of STOUP. |
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