English Dictionary

stoop

IPA（発音記号）

/stuːp/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch. / To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

日本語の意味

身体の上部を前方かつ下方に曲げ、半しゃがみの姿勢になる、またはかがむこと / 自己を卑下する、ふさわしくない行動をとる

He had to stoop to retrieve the fallen book from under the low bench.

彼は低いベンチの下に落ちた本を取り出すために、上半身を前に曲げて半ばしゃがんだ。

意味（1）

To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.

He stooped to tie his shoe-laces.

意味（2）

To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?

意味（3）

(intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.

the holy eagle Stoop'd, as to foote vs: his Ascension is More sweet then our blest Fields

意味（4）

(transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.

to stoop a cask of liquor

意味（5）

(transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.

Many of those whose states so tempt thine ears / Are stoopt by death; and many left alive.

意味（6）

To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.

The grasse stoops not, she treads on it so light

意味（7）

To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.

1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer

stoops （ present singular third-person ）

stooping （ participle present ）

stooped （ participle past ）

stooped （ past ）