Stoop

(noun.) an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward.

(noun.) small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house.

(verb.) carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; 'The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane'.

(verb.) sag, bend, bend over or down; 'the rocks stooped down over the hiking path'.

(verb.) descend swiftly, as if on prey; 'The eagle stooped on the mice in the field'.

录入:欧文

• And when I came to stoop down and look up at his face, I saw that he was crying. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Stoop over his shoulder fearlessly, and read as he scribbles. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I told him I did, and it was because I did and meant to do so to the last, that I would not stoop to propitiate any of them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• How noble it was of him to marry me--to give up everything and stoop down to me! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• In politics, at least, we stoop to conquer. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• But on the material side, Mr. Archer, if one may stoop to consider such things; do you know what she is giving up? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I hate the mechanical labour; I hate to stoop and sit still. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He stooped a little, and with his tattered blue cap pointed under the carriage. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Aristotle stooped much, and made use of a staff. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Two fair arms closed tenderly round his neck as he stooped down. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Sir James let his whip fall and stooped to pick it up. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This very evening he had again stooped, gazed, and decreed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He stooped a little in walking. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He stooped, and she whispered in his ear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I saw her stooping over her, and putting money in her bosom. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Well, so she does; it can't be denied; and, certainly, if there is one thing more than another that makes a girl look ugly it is stooping. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Stooping, he crawled into the shelter beside the wounded officer, and placed a cool hand upon his forehead. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Again the moon shone with faint luminosity on his white wet figure, on the stooping back and the rounded loins. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Upon my word, Sir,' said the astonished Mrs. Pott, stooping to pick up the paper. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• In the corner, stooping over a desk, there sat what appeared to be a little girl. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Herein lay the spring of the mechanical art and mystery of educating the reason without stooping to the cultivation of the sentiments and affections. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• You were going to say that Isabel stoops--I know you were--you men are such observers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The women and children have resumed their labour; the reaper once more stoops to his work; the cart-horses have moved on; and all are again in motion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Ephraim is an heartless dove--Issachar an over-laboured drudge, which stoops between two burdens. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The other woman, who was bending over it when they came in, stoops down again and kisses it as it lies asleep. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Krook takes it, goes to the fire, stoops over the red embers, and tries to get a light. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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