droop

英 [druːp]

美 [druːp]

v.  (尤指因衰弱或疲劳)低垂，垂落，垂下; 沮丧; 消沉; 垂头丧气
n.  下垂; 消沉

过去式：drooped　现在分词：drooping　第三人称单数：droops　过去分词：drooped　复数：droops　

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Collins.1 / BNC.16562 / COCA.15135

牛津词典

verb

• （尤指因衰弱或疲劳）低垂，垂落，垂下
  to bend, hang or move downwards, especially because of being weak or tired
  1. She was so tired, her eyelids were beginning to droop.
     她太疲倦了，眼睑开始往下垂。
• 沮丧；消沉；垂头丧气
  to become sad or depressed
  1. Our spirits drooped when we heard the news.
     听到这消息，我们情绪低落下来。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 低垂;下垂;垂落
  If somethingdroops, it hangs or leans downwards with no strength or firmness.
  1. Crook's eyelids drooped and he yawned...
     克鲁克的眼皮耷拉下来,打了个哈欠。
  2. Pale wilting roses drooped from a blue vase.
     泛白凋零的玫瑰从蓝色的花瓶里耷拉下来。
  3. ...a young man with a drooping moustache.
     蓄着八字胡的年轻人
  4. Droopis also a noun.
     
  5. ...the droop of his shoulders.
     他肩膀耷拉着

英英释义

noun

• a shape that sags
  1. there was a sag in the chair seat
  Synonym:sag

verb

• become limp
  1. The flowers wilted
  Synonym:wilt
• droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
  Synonym:sagswagflag
• hang loosely or laxly
  1. His tongue lolled
  Synonym:loll

双语例句

• Crook's eyelids drooped and he yawned
  克鲁克的眼皮耷拉下来，打了个哈欠。
• His chest heaved and his body seemed to droop.
  他的胸脯上下起伏，身子也好象衰颓了。
• Remember, your first aim is not to droop the ball and your second aim is not to look at the ball.
  记住，你的第一个目标是不能掉球，第二个目标是带球时不能看球。
• As we have seen, the effects of such actions were not to make the people of North China droop, but rage;
  正如我们所看到的，这些倒行逆施并没有使华北人民屈服，反而激起了他们的仇恨。
• Once the cup is knocked down, the valve plates arranged on the upper part of the water stop structure droop and closes with the gravity, thereby preventing the water from flowing out.
  如果，一旦有人将其碰倒，止水结构中处于上部的阀片，将由于重力的作用，下垂关闭阀口，制止水的流出。
• Paralysis of the mouth-the corner of the mouth may droop and saliva may dribble from it and speech may be slurred.
  嘴巴会麻痹&嘴角可能会下垂唾液可能会从嘴角流出而且会口齿不清。
• When the flowers droop in the evening and cattle come back to their stalls, you stealthily come to my side and speak words that I do not understand.
  当花儿晚谢，牛儿归棚，你偷偷地走到我身边，说出我不了解的话语。
• See her mouth droop; and she breathes as if the devil were choking her.
  瞧她下耷的嘴巴，瞧她呼吸得那么费劲，就像魔鬼正在卡住她的喉管。
• If a wretched man has a vice, it shows itself in the lines of his mouth, and droop of his eyelids, and even the moulding of his hands.
  如果哪个倒霉鬼犯了罪，罪行会在他口角的纹路、下垂的眼睑、甚至手的形状上显示出来。
• In the droop of her lip there was something sensuous.
  在她那下垂的嘴唇上的确有点儿敏感的意味。