| 单词 | crouch |
| 释义 | ldoce_059_ecrouch /kraʊtʃ/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] 1 (also crouch down)SIT to lower your body close to the ground by bending your knees completely 蹲下；蹲伏 → squat He crouched in the shadows near the doorway. 他蹲在门道近旁的阴暗处。 Paula crouched down and held her hands out to the fire. 葆拉蹲下来，把手伸向火堆。 →5 See picture of kneel 跪, crouch 蹲下, squat 蹲坐2 SITto bend over something so that you are very near to it 俯身接近 → leancrouch over a young girl crouched over a book 俯身看书的女孩 —crouch noun [countable] She dropped to the ground in a crouch. 她俯身蹲了下来。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscrouch• I gestured to the remaining woodchuck to crouch.• There were six people in the clearing, crouching around the campfire.• I crouched behind a bush as the soldiers marched by.• I crouched beside him and looked into his wild eyes.• The plumber crouched down and looked under the sink.• In the surrounding debris of apartment blocks more militia would be crouched, forming the outer defence ring of the beleaguered stronghold.• The sparrows in the ploughland were crouching in terror of the kestrel.• A black cat crouched in the corner.• Leif, the beggar, was crouched in the inglenook, stuffing his mouth full of richly sauced venison.Origin crouch (1300-1400) Perhaps from Old French crochir “to become hook-shaped”, from croche; → CROCHETcrouch verbChinese to ground bending lower to close by Corpus the your body |
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