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crouching

/krouch/US // kraʊtʃ //UK // (kraʊtʃ) //

蹲下,蹲着,蹲着的,蹲下身子

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to stoop or bend low.
    • : to bend close to the ground, as an animal preparing to spring or shrinking with fear.
    • : to bow or stoop servilely; cringe.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to bend low.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of crouching.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Bernard: With Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, people finally became accustomed to reading subtitles.

  • Then for the first time, I noticed a man crouching there in the shadow.

  • He looped around in the grass, flanking the mine mouth, slow, quiet now, crouching a little.

  • Every time the minute was up, the phone would beep, which was excruciating for the person crouching by a door vent.

  • The French designer presented a hoop-skirt gown that was turned up to reveal four little girls crouching underneath.

  • Then crouching low, he crossed the room to where the strainer top of the sewer drain was placed in the concrete floor.

  • It is the picture of a girl, crouching in a kneeling position, all the agony of death showing clearly in her upturned eyes.

  • It means—'crouching down very closely on account of the pain.'

  • The Great Dane, crouching close and snarling, watched him as a cat watches a mouse.

  • With racing pulses, he lifted his eyes and saw a huge dog crouching in the path before him.