" creep " also suggests secrecy and , in animals especially , indicates a crouching position . “creep”亦指偷偷地或悄悄地走动,并有蜷身之意,尤用于动物为然。
The old man was sitting on a stump behind the stove, crouching over as if he were trying to hide from us . 老头子坐在炉灶后面一个树墩上,弯腰勾背地仿佛想躲开我们不让我们看见。
She saw him, how he was motionless and ageless, like some crouching idol, some image of a deathly religion . 她望着他,他是多么平静,多么不凡,象一尊屈膝的偶像,死亡宗教中的某个偶像。
Suddenly the rabbit, which had been crouching as if it were a flower, so still and soft, suddenly burst into life . 兔子刚才还象一朵花似地蜷缩着,那么安静,那么温顺,突然,它又活跃开了。
Then he was down, rolling over and over in the warm sand, crouching with arm up to ward off, trying to cry for mercy . 然后他翻了下去,在暖乎乎的沙滩上滚呀滚呀、蜷曲着身子,双臂举起保护头部,想要大声讨饶。
the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
动词
sit on one''s heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" 同义词:squat, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
bend one''s back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl''s purse" 同义词:stoop, bend, bow
crouch lowcrouch meaning: Verb: crouch krawch Bend one's back forward from the waist on down "he crouched down" - stoop , bend , bow Sit on one's heels - squat , scrunch , scrun...
crouch en francais:n. accroupissement v. se tapir, s'accroupircrouch artinya:bongkokcrouch 뜻:vi, noun, 몸을 구부리다, 쪼그리고 앉다, 웅크리다, 오그라지다, (비굴하게)굽실거리다, (두려워서)위축되다, 웅크림, 비굴하게 굽실거림crouch перевод:1) припадание (к земле, к ногам) Ex: to sit in a crouch сидеть сгорбившись 2) _спорт. полуприсед (чуть согнув ноги - легкая атлетика) Ex: crouch start низкий старт (легкая атлетика) 3) низкая стой...