stoop

• vi. 彎腰；屈服；墮落
• n. 彎腰，屈背；屈服
• vt. 辱沒，墮落；俯曲
• n. (Stoop)人名；(法、荷、葡)斯托普

來自古英語 stupian,彎腰，俯身，來自 Proto-Germanic*stup,彎腰，來自 PIE*steup,擴大形式 自 PIE*steu,推，擊，打，詞源同 steep,type.引申諸相關詞義。

stoop

stoop: see steep

stoop (v.)

"bend forward," Old English stupian "to bow, bend," from Proto-Germanic *stup- (cognates: Middle Dutch stupen "to bow, bend," Norwegian stupa "fall, drop"), from PIE *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). Figurative sense of "condescend," especially expressing a lowering of the moral self, is from 1570s. Sense of "swoop" is first recorded 1570s in falconry. Related: Stooped; stooping. The noun meaning "an act of stooping" is from c. 1300. Stoop-shouldered attested from 1773.

stoop (n.)

"raised open platform at the entrance of a house," 1755, American and Canadian, from Dutch stoep "flight of steps, doorstep, threshold," from Middle Dutch, from Proto-Germanic *stap- "step" (see step (v.)).

This, unlike most of the words received [in American English] from the Dutch, has extended, in consequence of the uniform style of building that prevails throughout the country, beyond the bounds of New York State, as far as the backwoods of Canada. [Bartlett]

Also in South African English as stoep.

1. He was a tall, thin fellow with a slight stoop.

他是個瘦高個兒，有點駝背。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.

他們一起站在門廊上按響了門鈴。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They will stoop to every low-down trick.

他們什麽卑劣的手段都使得出來。

來自柯林斯例句

4. I refuse to stoop to such bullying tactics.

我拒絕下作到使用這種霸道手段.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. But Stoop was not going to let himself be just an apartment cat.

但Stoop並不想使自己成為一隻家貓.

來自英語晨讀30分（初三）