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　

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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

• See how they hang their heads and droop, and wither.
  看！它们不是低着头，弯下腰，就要枯萎了吗？
• 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。
• Readjustment, restructuring, consolidation and improvement The governor must have provision for adjusting speed ( generator frequency) and speed droop ( no load to full load).
  调整、改革、整顿、提高调速器必须具备转速调整（电机频率）降速降调整（负荷到满负荷）能。
• If a wretched man has a vice, it shows itself in the lines of his mouth, and droop of his eyelids, and even the moulding of his hands.
  如果哪个倒霉鬼犯了罪，罪行会在他口角的纹路、下垂的眼睑、甚至手的形状上显示出来。
• His eyelids began to droop.
  他的眼睑开始下垂了。
• Wisps of them lead or droop because there must always be leading and drooping.
  因为他们必须总是被拉扯弯曲和被引导的，所以云幻化成一缕缕的。
• Paralysis of the mouth-the corner of the mouth may droop and saliva may dribble from it and speech may be slurred.
  嘴巴会麻痹&嘴角可能会下垂唾液可能会从嘴角流出而且会口齿不清。
• Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness.
  因为压力或失去拉紧的力而低垂、下沉或下陷。
• Once the cup is knocked down, the valve plates arranged on the upper part of the water stop structure droop and closes with the gravity, thereby preventing the water from flowing out.
  如果，一旦有人将其碰倒，止水结构中处于上部的阀片，将由于重力的作用，下垂关闭阀口，制止水的流出。
• 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；