crouch

英 [kraʊtʃ]

美 [kraʊtʃ]

v.  蹲; 蹲下; 蹲伏
n.  蹲着的姿势

过去式：crouched　现在分词：crouching　过去分词：crouched　第三人称单数：crouches　

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短语动词

短语用例

crouch over sb/sth

• 俯身接近
  to bend over sb/sth so that you are very close to them or it
  1. He crouched down beside her.
     他在她的旁边蹲了下来。
  2. Doyle crouched behind a hedge.
     多伊尔蹲在篱笆后面。

牛津词典

verb

• 蹲；蹲下；蹲伏
  to put your body close to the ground by bending your legs under you
  1. He crouched down beside her.
     他在她的旁边蹲了下来。
  2. Doyle crouched behind a hedge.
     多伊尔蹲在篱笆后面。

noun

• 蹲着的姿势
  a crouching position
  1. She dropped to a crouch.
     她俯身蹲了下来。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 蹲;蹲伏
  If youare crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly.
  1. We were crouching in the bushes...
     我们蹲在树丛里。
  2. I crouched on the ground...
     我蹲在地上。
  3. The man was crouched behind the Mercedes.
     那个男人蹲在那辆梅塞德斯车后。
  4. Crouchis also a noun.
     
  5. They walked in a crouch, each bent over close to the ground.
     他们每个人都俯身贴近地面蹲伏着前进。
  6. Crouch downmeans the same ascrouch.
     crouch down 同 crouch
  7. He crouched down and reached under the mattress...
     他蹲下，把手伸到床垫下面。
  8. He crouched down beside him.
     他在他的旁边蹲下来。
• VERB 俯身接近
  If youcrouch oversomething, you bend over it so that you are very near to it.
  1. Meantime, here I crouch over a cup of tea in my unheated study.
     与此同时，在没有暖气的书房里，我只能就着一杯茶取暖。
  2. ...sitting crouched over the steering wheel.
     俯身坐在方向盘前

英英释义

noun

• the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

verb

• sit on one's heels
  1. In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
  2. The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
  Synonym:squatscrunchscrunch uphunkerhunker down
• bend one's back forward from the waist on down
  1. he crouched down
  2. She bowed before the Queen
  3. The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
  Synonym:stoopbendbow

双语例句

• The Liverpool captain is joined in the squad by Jamie Carragher, Peter Crouch and goalkeeper Scott Carson.
  利物浦队长协同杰米·卡拉格，彼得·克劳奇还有门将斯各特·卡森入选。
• It took him a long time to reach the bottom and to crouch behind a little dwarf palm.
  他费了很长时间才从山上爬下来，蹲到一棵矮小的棕榈树后面。
• Meantime, here I crouch over a cup of tea in my unheated study.
  与此同时，在没有暖气的书房里，我只能就着一杯茶取暖。
• "When I look back to what I was doing a year ago, there is a world of difference," added Crouch.
  “当我回忆这一年我都做了什么时，有一个不同的世界，”克劳奇补充说。
• Like a lion they crouch and lie down, like a lioness-who dares to rouse them?
  他蹲如公狮，卧如母狮，谁敢惹他？
• You can't be agile while you're in a defensive crouch.
  当你处于防御的姿态时，是不可能敏捷的。
• I crouch down to examine the outside of the box.
  我蹲下来仔细检查盒子外面，很清楚的写着“美国制造”。
• A long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point.
  长毛狗，以前被训练蹲伏在猎物上但现在用于指示猎物位置。
• Wet and frightened, they crouch there wondering what to do next.
  他们蹲在那儿，浑身湿透，惊恐不安，不知道下一步该怎么办。
• A front two of Torres and Peter Crouch came in third with nine per cent. As soon as Tom disappeared, Jason and Peter took the pieces of white cloth off their faces and walked slowly down the passage.
  而托雷斯与彼得？克劳奇的这对组合位列第三，他们获得了9%的支持。汤姆一消失，詹森和彼得就摘下了脸上的那片白布，慢慢地走下通道。