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。
• I can see you're tired because your eyelids have started to droop.
  我能够看出你很疲倦，因为你的眼皮都开始打架了。
• Pulses have fast rise and fall times, and minimal droop.
  脉冲能迅速上升和下降，减少误差。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wisps of them lead or droop because there must always be leading and drooping.
  因为他们必须总是被拉扯弯曲和被引导的，所以云幻化成一缕缕的。
• 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。
• See how they hang their heads and droop, and wither.
  看！它们不是低着头，弯下腰，就要枯萎了吗？