Word · Frequency #8992
stoop
弯腰；俯身
a forward and downward bending of the body; a stooping posture
- 1.
A stooping, bent position of the body.
弯腰曲背的姿势。
- 2.
A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
盛液体的容器；类似大肚酒瓶但没有壶嘴。
- 3.
an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
俯身；弯腰
- 4.
An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
飞行中加速下降,如攻击时的俯冲。
- 5.
basin for holy water
圣水盆
- 6.
small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
门廊；门阶
门廊；门阶；门前阶梯；俯冲；飞扑；圣水盆；圣水盂；无嘴酒壶；盛液容器；弯腰曲背的姿势。
In use
He walked with a slight stoop, the result of years at a desk.
The old woman was small and had a permanent stoop, so she often looked at the ground.
Try not to develop a stoop from staring at your phone all day.
Connections
Collocations
- walk with a stoop
- 弯腰走路
- The old man walks with a stoop.那位老人走路时弯着腰。
- have a stoop
- 驼背；弯腰曲背
- She has a stoop from years of farm work.多年的农活使她驼背了。
- front stoop
- 门前台阶；前门廊
- We sat on the front stoop and watched the neighbors.我们坐在门前的台阶上看邻居们。
Pop culture & quotes
- Stoop Kid's afraid to leave his stoop!
- 门廊小子不敢离开他的门廊！In the Hey Arnold! episode 'Stoop Kid', kids taunt the reclusive Stoop Kid with this line, using 'stoop' to mean the small porch or steps at the front entrance.在动画片《嘿，阿诺德！》的“门廊小子”一集中，孩子们用这句话嘲笑深居简出的门廊小子，其中“stoop”指房子前门的小门廊或台阶。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
弯腰驼背的姿势：stoop 里的两个 o 就像弓起的背，一看到 oo 就想到俯身的弧度。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：physical descriptions、describing someone's walk or stance、everyday observation of posture 这里指“弯腰曲背的姿势”，语气中性，多用于描述人的体态或走路姿态。比较自然，在口语和书面描写中都常见。
Grammar Note
注意：stoop作为名词时，表示弯腰、圣水盆或门廊/门阶，可数。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /-uːp/ 结尾，与 stoop (/stup/) 押韵。注意 stop (/stɑp/) 和 steep (/stiːp/) 拼写相近，但元音不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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