"he crouched down"
"She bowed before the Queen"
"The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
"I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
"The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"
"the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"
"The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"
1.(站立或行走时)弓背，驼背
If youstoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards.
e.g. She was taller than he was and stooped slightly.
她比他高，而且略微有些驼背。
2.弯腰;俯身
If youstoop, you bend your body forwards and downwards.
e.g. He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries...
他俯下身去提装着食品杂货的购物袋。
e.g. Two men in shirt sleeves stooped over the car...
两名穿衬衣的男子趴在那辆汽车上。
3.堕落(或卑鄙)到去做
If you say that a personstoops to doing something, you are criticizing them because they do something wrong or immoral that they would not normally do.
e.g. He had not, until recently, stooped to personal abuse...
他以前从未像最近这样卑鄙到进行人身攻击。
e.g. They've stooped to using any and every weapon at their disposal...
他们已经无耻到把能用的武器都用上了。
4.门廊;门阶
Astoop is a small platform at the door of a building, with steps leading up to it.
e.g. They stood together on thestoop and rang the bell.
他们一起站在门廊上按响了门铃。
1. 曲背：to store out-of-season clothes 收藏过季衣服 |stoop 曲背 | curved line 曲线
2. 弯腰：stoop to 屈尊 |stoop 弯腰 | stop bit 停止位
3. 似兔扑(扑倒在地) 屈身;弯腰：stool,似兔呕(似兔子一样,四条腿着地). 凳子 |stoop,似兔扑(扑倒在地),屈身;弯腰 | straight,似垂特(特别像垂直),直的;正直的
4. 弯腰,俯身：stomach 胃 stone 石料 |stoop 弯腰,俯身 | store 储存,商店,备用品
老太太伛偻而行。
Try not to walk with such a stoop.尽量不要驼着背走路。
She has always walked with a stoop.她总是弯腰走路。
The hawk descend in a vertical stoop on its quarry.鹰向它的猎物直冲而下。
She stooped low to look under the bed.她弯下腰看床底下。
He would never stoop to conciliate.他决不屈就和解。
The man stoops with age.那个男人因年老而身体佝偻。
Don't stoop to quarrel with her about it.别降低身份为这事去跟她争吵。
I would never stoop to cheating.我可决不至于下贱到骗人的地步。
A big eagle stooped at a prey.一只大鹰扑向一只猎物。
She stooped down to pick up the child.她俯身抱起孩子。
The doorway was so low that he had to stoop.门廊很矮，他低下头才过去。
He tends to stoop because he's so tall.他个子太高了，所以时常弓着背。
She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman's finger.她无法相信真有人会龌龊到这种地步，竟然从一个死去的女人手指上偷戒指。
You surely don't think I'd stoop to that!你不会认为我会下作到那种地步吧！
I didn't think he'd stoop to cheating.我觉得他总不至于说谎吧。
She was taller than he was and stooped slightly.她比他高，而且略微有些驼背。
He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries...他俯下身去提装着食品杂货的购物袋。
Two men in shirt sleeves stooped over the car...两名穿衬衣的男子趴在那辆汽车上。
He had not, until recently, stooped to personal abuse...他以前从未像最近这样卑鄙到进行人身攻击。
They've stooped to using any and every weapon at their disposal...他们已经无耻到把能用的武器都用上了。
They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.他们一起站在门廊上按响了门铃。
He's too fat to stoop down.他太胖了,连腰都弯不下.
It pains me to stoop down.痛得我蹲下来.
Tall, athletically built , but with a slight, shy stoop to his shoulders.高个子, 运动员身材, 但有点轻微的水蛇腰.
As steady stream of cars and traffic passed by, the dealers conducted business on the stoop.当川流不息的车辆和行人经过时, 毒品贩子就在门廊上做生意.
He is too lofty to stoop to vulgar intrigue.他的清高使他还不至于屈就卑俗的勾当.
Tis less discredit to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty gettings.节省一丝一毫金钱, 不会比为小小的收入而屈尊丢脸.
But stoop was not going to let himself be just an apartment cat.但Stoop并不想使自己成为一只家猫.
I had to stoop to the child's height to hear what he was saying.我得把腰弯到孩子的高度来听他说话.
She has always walked with a stoop.她总是弯腰走路.
A kid in his late teens sat on the stoop eating candy.一个十多岁的男孩坐在门阶上吃糖.
The old woman walked with a stoop.老太太伛偻而行.
I refuse to stoop to such bullying tactics.我拒绝下作到使用这种霸道手段.
He would stoop to anything to further his career.为了进一步向上爬,他什么事都干得出来.
He would stoop to any device to win a point.为了能赢上一分,他会不择手段.
Don't stoop to argue with him.别降低身份去跟他争吵.
She stooped down to pick a flower.
她俯身摘了一朵花。
The girl stooped down to pick up the two pebbles.
那女孩弯下身去捡起那两块卵石。
He stooped over a desk.
他伏在桌子上。
He would stoop to anything for profit.
他为了发财什么卑鄙勾当都干得出来。
She'd stoop to anything to get her own way.
她为了随心所欲会堕落到干任何事。
He would not stoop to cheating.
他还不至于堕落到去骗人的地步。
He even stooped to stealing money from his own parents.
他甚至堕落到去偷自己父母的钱。
A passage often narrow..requiring a very low stoop.
出自：T. ChalmersHe stooped over and tied it around the..dog's neck.
出自：J. Steinbeck
