stoop
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they stoop | |
he / she / it stoops | |
past simple stooped | |
past participle stooped | |
-ing form stooping |
- [intransitive] stoop (down)
to bend your body forwards and downwards 俯身;弯腰 - [intransitive]
to stand or walk with your head and shoulders bent forwards Topics Appearancec2(站立或行走时)弓背
Word Originverb Old English stūpian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to the adjective steep. The noun sense dates from the late 16th cent.
Idioms
sink/stoop to a new/an all-time low
to behave in a worse way than ever before (站立或行走时)弓背 The government has stooped to an all-time low with this policy. 政府的这项政策已经降到了历史最低点。 Reality TV has sunk to new lows. 真人秀跌至新低。
stoop so low (as to do something)