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

• 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。
• The Wireless Parallel Control Technology Based on Modified Droop Chracteristic
  基于改进下垂特性的无互连线并联控制技术研究
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Life in the sunshine is so exhilarating that we seldom notice our faith beginning to droop.
  生活在艳丽的阳光下，会让我们很兴奋，以致于没注意到，我们的信心可能正在加速的消失；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。