stoop /ˈstup/
佝僂,屈服,彎腰(vi.)彎下,彎下上身,屈服,彎腰,墮落(vt.)俯曲,辱沒
Stoop n. Arch. Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door. [U. S.]
Stoop, n. A vessel of liquor; a flagon. [Written also stoup.]
Fetch me a stoop of liquor. --Shak.
Stoop, n. A post fixed in the earth. [Prov. Eng.]
Stoop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stooped p. pr. & vb. n. Stooping.]
1. To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
2. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . .
Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong. --Dryden.
These are arts, my prince,
In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome. --Addison.
3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. “She stoops to conquer.”
Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly. --Bacon.
4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
The bird of Jove, stooped from his aery tour,
Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. --Milton.
5. To sink when on the wing; to alight.
And stoop with closing pinions from above. --Dryden.
Cowering low
With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing. --Milton.
Syn: -- To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower; shrink.
Stoop, v. t.
1. To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body. “Have stooped my neck.”
2. To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
3. To cause to submit; to prostrate. [Obs.]
Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears
Are stooped by death; and many left alive. --Chapman.
4. To degrade. [Obs.]
Stoop, n.
1. The act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
2. Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
Can any loyal subject see
With patience such a stoop from sovereignty? --Dryden.
3. The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.
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stoop
n 1: an inclination of the top half of the body forward and
downward
2: basin for holy water [syn: stoup]
3: small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
[syn: stoep]
v 1: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched
down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man
stooped to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, bend,
bow]
2: debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or
dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's
mail" [syn: condescend, lower oneself]
3: descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the
mice in the field"
4: sag, bend, bend over or down; "the rocks stooped down over
the hiking path"
5: 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"