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drooping

/droop/US // drup //UK // (druːp) //

下垂的,低垂的,垂头丧气,下垂

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
    • : to fall into a state of physical weakness; flag; fail.
    • : to lose spirit or courage.
    • : to descend, as the sun; sink.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to let sink or drop: an eagle drooping its wings.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sagging, sinking, bending, or hanging down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.

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Examples

  • "The first clue was my landing time," says Jenna, her eyelids already drooping after one hit.

  • On the other hand, it has restored drooping public support in allied countries for the idea of allying with Washington.

  • When it was his turn to speak he was dull and off-form, his eyes drooping with fatigue.

  • Mrs. Haight regarded the radiant young hostess with a malignant stare, prudently veiled by drooping lids.

  • The draught invigorated Marius, it cheered Tressan's drooping spirits, and it quenched the Dowager's thirst.

  • His shoulders were drooping forward, his head was bowed, and his face was heavy with grief.

  • No drooping Clytie could be more constant than I to him who strikes the chord that is responsive in my soul.

  • He looked up as a middle-aged man with a drooping mustache approached.