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单词 crouch
释义
crouch
verb[I]
uk
/kraʊtʃ/us
/kraʊtʃ/
tobendyourkneesandloweryourself so that you arecloseto thegroundandleaningforwardslightly:
蹲下，蹲伏；蜷缩
Shesawhim coming and crouched(down)behind abush.看见他来了，她便蜷伏在一簇灌木丛后面。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sitting and standing
  • akimbo
  • astride
  • attention
  • bestride
  • cross-legged
  • ease
  • foot
  • pew
  • plump(someone/something)down
  • rampant
  • reseat
  • scooch
  • seat
  • stand around
  • stand aside
  • stand round
  • stand up
  • strike
  • surface
  • take a pew!idiom
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Not holding the body upright
crouch
noun[S]
uk
/kraʊtʃ/us
/kraʊtʃ/
apositionin which youbendyourkneesandloweryourself so that you arecloseto thegroundandleaningforwardslightly:
Aloudnoisewouldsendhim into adefensivecrouch.
Shescrunchedhertinybodyinto alowcrouch.
More examples
  • Hedroppedinto ahalfcrouch andspunback towards thedoor.
  • Shespunaround, herbodygoingautomaticallyinto afightingcrouch.
  • Shedroppedherracket,collapsedinto a crouch, andcoveredherface.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sitting and standing
  • akimbo
  • astride
  • attention
  • bestride
  • cross-legged
  • ease
  • foot
  • pew
  • plump(someone/something)down
  • rampant
  • reseat
  • scooch
  • seat
  • stand around
  • stand aside
  • stand round
  • stand up
  • strike
  • surface
  • take a pew!idiom
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Not holding the body upright
(Definition ofcrouchfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
crouch
verb[I]
uk
/kraʊtʃ/us
/kraʊtʃ/
tobendyourkneesandloweryourself so that you arecloseto thegroundandleaningforwardslightly
蹲下，蹲伏；蜷缩
Shesawhim coming and crouched(down)behind abush.看见他来了，她便蜷伏在一簇灌木丛后面。

crouch| American Dictionary

crouch
verb[I]
us
/krɑʊtʃ/
tobendyourkneesandloweryourself so that you arecloseto thegroundandleaningforwardslightly:
She crouched down behind abushtohide.

crouch

noun[Cusually sing]us
/krɑʊtʃ/
Thegoaliewaitedin a crouch.
(Definition ofcrouchfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcrouch

crouch
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'.
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It also asks them how often they have to lift heavy loads and stoop, kneel, orcrouchat work.
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Catchers flash signs in code to the pitcher as theycrouchbehind the plate.
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He describes at length a land in which gleams 'the crouching tiger's eyes'.
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Meanwhile, crouching in their circle of wagons down in the valley we have the unglamorous, rationalistic individualists.
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The woman in the foreground evinces another telling gesture: she is crouched down.
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Rickards crouched forward, his huge hand cradling the whisky glass.
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Collapsing, falling to the ground, and crouching belong to this complex of behaviors.
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During gait, a slightly crouched posture may be appropriate compensation for the destabilizing effects of reduced heel-strike.
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There's a shout behind my chest, crouching, always ready.
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I ran behind the bar, crouched down by the record shelves, searching - no, not that one - what could it be?
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He roars, snarls, crouches, and acts as if he were going to tear the trainer to pieces.
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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.
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I had noted that after scanning the exhibit most observers wouldcrouchdown close to an instrument and remain in place for several minutes before moving on to another.
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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.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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