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

• When my love comes and sits by my side, when my body trembles and my eyelids droop, the night darkens, the wind blows out the lamp, and the clouds draw veils over the stars.
  当我爱来了，坐在我身旁，当我的身躯震颤，我的眼睫下垂，夜更深了，风吹灯灭，云片在繁星上曳过轻纱。
• Pulses have fast rise and fall times, and minimal droop.
  脉冲能迅速上升和下降，减少误差。
• When the fuse is blown out, the rotary link piece and the lower moving contact droop to indicate failure occurrence.
  当熔丝熔断时，转动连片和下动触头下垂，即可显示发生故障。
• Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it droop and drop into the dust.
  请摘下这朵小花，带走吧，不要迟疑！我怕它会凋谢，会跌落尘埃。
• 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。
• Edmond could feel again the folds of the girl's soft white gown, and see the droop of the angel-sleeves as she circled her fair arms about his neck.
  埃德蒙再一次感觉到她柔软的白色睡衣的皱褶，和她环绕着他的脖子白皙的胳膊，犹如天使翅膀般下垂着的衣袖。
• 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。
• 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。
• Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness.
  因为压力或失去拉紧的力而低垂、下沉或下陷。
• Everybody hunch their backs forward and droop their heads, like this, he said, demonstrating.
  请大家弓起后背并低头，就像这样，他一边说一边亲身示范。