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　

GRE TEM8

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。
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。
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；
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。
Pulses have fast rise and fall times, and minimal droop.
脉冲能迅速上升和下降，减少误差。
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。
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。
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。
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。
To hang or let hang loosely; droop.
耷拉松散地挂或使松散地挂；耷拉。