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

• 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。
• My spirits droop at theprospect of work on monday.
  想到星期一要工作，我便兴致不高。
• 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。
• 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。
• Outer loop of UPFC bus voltage control system adopts voltage droop control that consists of PI regulation and scaling factors of droop characteristic.
  外特性下垂并联控制方法主要有两种实现形式：负载电流前馈方式和减弱电压控制环方式。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。