| 词汇 | crouch |
| 释义 | crouch verb[ I ] uk /kraʊtʃ/ us /kraʊtʃ/ to bend your knees and lower yourself so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly: 蹲下，蹲伏；蜷缩 He crouched to pick something up from the floor. crouch downShe saw him coming and crouched down behind a bush.看见他来了，她便蜷伏在一簇灌木丛后面。 Sitting and standing akimbo astride bestride cross-legged ease foot pew plump (someone/something) down rampant reseat scooch seat sit stand around stand aside stand round stand up strike surface take a pew!idiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not holding the body upright crouch noun[ S ] uk /kraʊtʃ/ us /kraʊtʃ/ a position in which you bend your knees and lower yourself so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly: A loud noise would send him into a defensive crouch. She scrunched her tiny body into a low crouch. He dropped into a half crouch and spun back towards the door. She spun around, her body going automatically into a fighting crouch. She dropped her racket, collapsed into a crouch, and covered her face. Sitting and standing akimbo astride bestride cross-legged ease foot pew plump (someone/something) down rampant reseat scooch seat sit stand around stand aside stand round stand up strike surface take a pew!idiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not holding the body upright crouch | American Dictionarycrouch verb[ I ] us/krɑʊtʃ/ to bend your knees and lower yourself so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly: She crouched down behind a bush to hide. crouchnoun[ Cusually sing ]us/krɑʊtʃ/ The goalie waited in a crouch. Examples of crouchcrouch One might have worked upright, with a 'loose-eye', for instance, while another might have crouched and crawled on its belly while deploying its 'collie-eye'. It also asks them how often they have to lift heavy loads and stoop, kneel, or crouch at work. Catchers flash signs in code to the pitcher as they crouch behind the plate. He describes at length a land in which gleams 'the crouching tiger's eyes'. Meanwhile, crouching in their circle of wagons down in the valley we have the unglamorous, rationalistic individualists. The woman in the foreground evinces another telling gesture: she is crouched down. Rickards crouched forward, his huge hand cradling the whisky glass. Collapsing, falling to the ground, and crouching belong to this complex of behaviors. During gait, a slightly crouched posture may be appropriate compensation for the destabilizing effects of reduced heel-strike. There's a shout behind my chest, crouching, always ready. I ran behind the bar, crouched down by the record shelves, searching - no, not that one - what could it be? He roars, snarls, crouches, and acts as if he were going to tear the trainer to pieces. The eager boy-men are crouched over its curling exhaust formed by the electric-car track,34 with the electrical toy the satirical equivalent of the electronic countermeasures in the real bomber. I had noted that after scanning the exhibit most observers would crouch down close to an instrument and remain in place for several minutes before moving on to another. It was horrible and wet crouched down, and somehow you had to let them know where you were by quietly calling out or holding a small torch. See all examples of crouch These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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