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

• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My spirits droop at theprospect of work on monday.
  想到星期一要工作，我便兴致不高。
• 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。
• Pulses have fast rise and fall times, and minimal droop.
  脉冲能迅速上升和下降，减少误差。
• His eyelids began to droop.
  他的眼睑开始下垂了。