stoop 是什麽意思 為什麽有門前的意思

stoop [stu:p] n.彎腰，屈背；屈服1. an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward2. basin for holy water3. small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house壹所房子的門口前的小門廊或是幾級臺階v.彎腰；屈服；墮落;辱沒；俯曲

1. bend one's back forward from the waist on downThe young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse

2. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable wayI won't stoop to reading other people's mail

3. descend swiftly, as if on preyThe eagle stooped on the mice in the field