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

• 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。
• Meanwhile, Liverpool striker Peter Crouch does not feel his England place is under threat from available-again Wayne rooney.
  与此同时，利物浦前锋克劳奇表示他认为维恩。鲁尼的复出不会威胁到他在英格兰队中的位置。
• Eriksson was already thinking of taking Darren Bent as a fifth forward along with Michael Owen, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Rooney.
  埃里克森已经想到把本特作为和欧文搭档的第五前锋，克劳奇、迪福、和鲁尼。
• The Israelis are also in a defensive crouch.
  以色列人也采取了守势。
• 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？
• Instead you should crouch down to minimise the area in contact between you and the ground.
  应该蹲著并尽量减少与地面接触的面积。
• Combined, that's more high temperature records broken in one month than ever before, Crouch said.
  克劳趣说，二者加在一起，这一个月打破的高温记录比往年都要多。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。