v (1)彎(腰)，俯(身)(bend (a part of the body) forward and downward)[I，I+prep，I+adv (down)，T+n]：～low to look under a bed 俯身查看床下;～under the low beam 在矮橫梁下彎腰;～(down) to talk to a child/pick up a flower 彎腰對孩子講話/摘花;～one's head to get into a car 低頭鉆進(jìn)汽車;
(2)駝背，佝僂(have the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward)[I]：begin to～from/with age 因年老而開始駝背;～from years of carrying heavy objects on one's back 由于多年背負(fù)重物而駝背;The old woman～s.那老婦人駝背。
stoop to (v prep)低賤(墮落)干出某事(vt)：I know you'd never～to such low tactics/borrowing money. 我知道你決不會(huì)卑鄙到使用如此低劣手法/淪落到借錢的地步。
n駝背，佝僂(habitual stooping position of the body)[C，通常sing]：walk with a～弓著背走路;His～seemed more pronounced after his illness. 病后他背駝更加明顯了。develop a～駝背了;〖同〗bend;〖反〗straightness，erectness;
【辨異】stoop與bend和bow的區(qū)別見BEND。