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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My spirits droop at theprospect of work on monday.
  想到星期一要工作，我便兴致不高。
• 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。
• 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。
• Paralleling Control Technique of Microgrid Inverters Based on Improved Droop Method
  基于改进下垂法的微电网逆变器并联控制技术
• Crook's eyelids drooped and he yawned
  克鲁克的眼皮耷拉下来，打了个哈欠。
• 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。
• 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；