stoop

verb

1. 俯身；弯腰
   to bend your body forwards and downwards
   1. She stooped down to pick up the child.
      她俯身抱起孩子。
   2. The doorway was so low that he had to stoop.
      门廊很矮，他低下头才过去。
2. （站立或行走时）弓背
   to stand or walk with your head and shoulders bent forwards
   1. He tends to stoop because he's so tall.
      他个子太高了，所以时常弓着背。

noun

1. 曲背；驼背
   if sb has a stoop , their shoulders are always bent forward
2. 门廊
   a raised area outside the door of a house with steps leading up to it

1. VERB (站立或行走时)弓背，驼背
   If you stoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards.
   1. She was taller than he was and stooped slightly.
      她比他高，而且略微有些驼背。
   2. Stoop is also a noun.
      
   3. He was a tall, thin fellow with a slight stoop.
      他是个瘦高个儿，有点驼背。
2. VERB 弯腰;俯身
   If you stoop, you bend your body forwards and downwards.
   1. 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。
   2. 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. Stooping down, he picked up a big stone and hurled it.
      他俯身捡起一块大石头扔了出去。
3. VERB 堕落(或卑鄙)到去做
   If you say that a person stoops to doing something, you are criticizing them because they do something wrong or immoral that they would not normally do.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. How could anyone stoop so low?
      怎么会有人堕落到这种地步？
4. N-COUNT 门廊;门阶
   A stoop is a small platform at the door of a building, with steps leading up to it.
   1. They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.
      他们一起站在门廊上按响了门铃。

1. They will stoop to every low-down trick.
   他们什么卑劣的手段都使得出来。
2. She was taller than he was and stooped slightly.
   她比他高，而且略微有些驼背。
3. 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。
4. Two men in shirt sleeves stooped over the car
   两名穿衬衣的男子趴在那辆汽车上。
5. Stooping down, he picked up a big stone and hurled it.
   他俯身捡起一块大石头扔了出去。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. How could anyone stoop so low?
   怎么会有人堕落到这种地步？
9. They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.
   他们一起站在门廊上按响了门铃。
10. How could I stoop so low as to like such people?
    你以为我那么下三烂，竟然喜欢这种人？
11. Wilds so vast, the sky stoop to the trees;| the river so clear, moon close to man.
    野旷天低树，江清月近人。（孟浩然《宿建德江》）
12. Can you see the bride if you stoop down?
    你弯下腰能看见新娘吗？
13. I wouldn't stoop to begging and stealing.
    我不会自贬身份去乞讨和偷窃。
14. First she agreed to come out with me, then she stoop me up.
    首先她同意与我出去，接着她放羊了。
15. 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。
16. As I went by a row of houses, I saw something orange on a stoop.
    当我走过一排房子时，我看见门前台阶上有一个橘黄色的东西。
17. We sat talking on the stoop.
    我们坐在门廊上一直谈到半夜。
18. Are you going to sit on my stoop very long?
    你想在我的窗下坐很长时间吗？
19. Finally, they even stoop so low as to put slanderous libel about me on their web pages.
    最后，他们甚至堕落如此之低，以提出诽谤中伤我对他们的网页中。
20. He's too fat to stoop down.
    他太胖了，连腰都弯不下。
21. She began to walk with a stoop not long after Pop died.
    在爷爷逝世后不久，她就开始驼着背走路了。
22. He would not stoop to do anything dishonorable.
    他不会屈尊去做任何不名誉的事情。
23. To sow you need only to stand; to reap you must stoop.
    播种时你只要站着，收获时你却要俯身。
24. He tried to make me accept a bribe& I hope I would never stoop so low.
    他想让我接受贿赂我但愿我决不至于做出这种低级的事。
25. His stoop avoided him from being discovered.
    他弯腰躲过了搜查。
26. He used to stoop, but he did exercises to make his shoulders straight.
    他过去驼背，但他坚持锻炼，现在已腰板挺直了。
27. Only once did he stoop to the tactics of his opponents.
    只有一次他屈尊沿袭了对手的手段。
28. I don't believe that our senator would ever stoop to bribery or blackmail.
    我不相信我们的参议员会堕落到行贿和勒索的地步。
29. I wouldn't stoop to talk to such a man.
    我不愿降低尊严和这样一个人谈话。
30. The doorway was so low that we had to stoop to go through it.
    这门框太低了，我们只能弯腰走过。

stoop to sth

1. 卑鄙（或堕落）到做某事
   to drop your moral standards to do sth bad or unpleasant
   1. She stooped down to pick up the child.
      她俯身抱起孩子。
   2. The doorway was so low that he had to stoop.
      门廊很矮，他低下头才过去。

v.

stoop so low (as to do sth)

• 卑鄙（或堕落）到…地步
  to drop your moral standards far enough to do sth bad or unpleasant
  1. 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。

noun

1. an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward

2. small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house

   Synonym:    stoep

3. basin for holy water

   Synonym:    stoup

verb

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

2. sag, bend, bend over or down
   1. the rocks stooped down over the hiking path

3. bend one's back forward from the waist on down
   1. he crouched down
   2. She bowed before the Queen
   3. The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse

   Synonym:    crouchbendbow

4. descend swiftly, as if on prey
   1. The eagle stooped on the mice in the field

5. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
   1. I won't stoop to reading other people's mail

   Synonym:    condescendlower oneself