资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stoop \Stoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Stooping}.] [OE. stoupen; akin to AS. st?pian, OD. stuypen,
   Icel. st[=u]pa, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt. Cf 5th {Steep}.]
   1. To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward;
      to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or
      walking; to assume habitually a bent position.

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

            Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . . Yet
            stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong.
                                                  --Dryden.

            These are arts, my prince, In which your Zama does
            not stoop to Rome.                    --Addison.

   3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. ``She
      stoops to conquer.'' --Goldsmith.

            Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it
            multiplieth riches exceedingly.       --Bacon.

   4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to
      souse; to swoop.

            The bird of Jove, stooped from his a["e]ry tour, Two
            birds of gayest plume before him drove. --Milton.

   5. To sink when on the wing; to alight.

            And stoop with closing pinions from above. --Dryden.

            Cowering low With blandishment, each bird stooped on
            his wing.                             --Milton.

   Syn: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower;
        shrink.

Stooping \Stoop"ing\,
   a. & n. from {Stoop}. -- {Stoop"ing*ly}, adv.

资料来源 : WordNet®

stooping
     adj : having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little
           oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: {hunched}, {round-backed},
            {round-shouldered}, {stooped}, {crooked}]