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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• My spirits droop at theprospect of work on monday.
  想到星期一要工作，我便兴致不高。
• 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。
• To hang or let hang loosely; droop.
  耷拉松散地挂或使松散地挂；耷拉。
• 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。