| 词汇 | crouched |
| 释义 | crouched past simple and past participle ofcrouch 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 She 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 attention bestride cross-legged crouch foot pew plump (someone/something) down rampant reseat scooch stand stand aside stand round stand up strike surface take a pew!idiom take the weight off your feet/legsidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not holding the body upright Examples of crouchedcrouched In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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'. The woman in the foreground evinces another telling gesture: she is crouched down. Rickards crouched forward, his huge hand cradling the whisky glass. During gait, a slightly crouched posture may be appropriate compensation for the destabilizing effects of reduced heel-strike. I ran behind the bar, crouched down by the record shelves, searching - no, not that one - what could it be? 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. 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. They must eat crouched on their bunks in their cells. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He says that he also saw a number of men crouched by the points lighting straw to heat them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people will remember the advertisement that used the image of a young woman crouched dead on the floor with a needle in her arm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you ride in an aggressive, crouched position with full leathers and kit, motorists are not likely to let you in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In front of us a curious figure was standing, a little crouched, legs straggled, arms held out from his sides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the bottom they sometimes have at least three miles to walk in a crouched position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ministers should resist the crouched fear that a more informed electorate will somehow escape their grasp. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The goalie crouched, but with his knees spread, not pinched like in ice hockey. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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