crouch

英 [kraʊtʃ] 美 [kraʊtʃ]

• v. 蹲下；屈膝
• n. 蹲伏；蜷缩

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 屈膝，蹲伏

   stand with the knees well bent;squat

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 伏，蹲，蹲伏，蹲下，缩着，蜷着，蜷伏，蜷缩
2. 紧偎
3. 低身靠向，俯身接近
4. 卑屈，卑躬屈膝，点头哈腰，谄媚奉承
5. 弯身，低头弯腰
6. 低（头），弯（身）

n. 名词

1. 蹲，蹲伏，蜷缩，屈膝
2. 膝部略弯身体略向前倾的姿势，蹲着的姿势，蹲伏姿势
3. 【滑雪】屈膝姿势

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

Verb:

1. bend one's back forward from the waist on down;

   "he crouched down"
   "She bowed before the Queen"
   "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
   

2. sit on one's heels;

   "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"
   "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He crouched down among the tangled foliage.
   他蹲下把身子藏在紊乱的叶丛中。
2. They crouch, back to back, in a sort of hut of fate.
   他们彼此背靠着背，蹲在一种黑洞似的命运里。
3. They did not crouch under the oppression.
   他们受压迫而不屈服。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He chuckled, said, "Very convincing," and then suddenly sank into a crouch, his muscles coiled like a spring.
   他咯咯地笑着说,“很有说服力，”然后突然蹲伏下来，他的肌肉就像个收紧的弹簧。
2. They crouch in their corner and weave their web of pale hours, they count their coins sitting in the dust and call me back.
   他们蜷缩在角落里，编织着他们苍白的时间之网，他们坐在尘土中，数着他们的硬币，召唤我回去。
3. As he mounted higher, sometimes standing, sometimes clawing his way up in a scrabbling crouch, he peered out from the stairs.
   他一直向上爬着，有时直着身子，有时蜷缩着身子，挣扎着向上爬着，他从楼梯向四处张望。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He crouched down to stroke the dog.
   他蹲下来抚摸他的狗。
2. They crouched together on a shadowy hillside.
   他们蹲在多阴的山坡上。

经典引文

• To cower concerns chiefly the head and shoulders: to crouch affects the body as a whole.

  出自：Oxford English Dictionary

• He crouched over the fire trying to get warm.

  出自： S. Beckett

词汇搭配

• crouch down 蹲踞
• crouch defence 下蹲防守
• crouch position 蹲伏姿势, 蜷缩姿势...
• crouch step 仆步
• low-crouch goaltender 低姿势的守门员...
• half crouch 半蹲姿势

近反义词

【近义词】

• squat 蹲下
• stoop 佝偻
• bend 弯曲
• bow 弓
• hunker 蹲
• cower 畏缩
• cringe 畏缩
• duck 鸭肉
• creep 蹑手蹑脚地走...
• couch 长椅
• scrunch 碾
• hunker down 盘坐
• scrunch up 揉皱