Crouch

(noun.) the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body.

(verb.) 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'.

黛娜编辑

• They dared not look over the wall, for fear of being seen; they were obliged to crouch behind it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They saw Pablo crouch and fire another burst. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• When he slept he seemed to crouch down in the bed, lapped up in his own strength, that yet was hollow. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• It threw a livid, unnatural circle upon the floor, while in the shadows beyond we saw the vague loom of two figures which crouched against the wall. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• As he saw his mate go down he crouched, and, with a low snarl, sprang upon the captain crushing him to his knees with a single mighty blow. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• And when it tore him he crouched in silent subjection under it, and when it left him alone again, he refused to know of it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The girl looked up from the low seat on which she crouched, and listened too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• That night Kulonga slept in the crotch of a mighty tree and far above him crouched Tarzan of the Apes. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Anselmo held the wire in his hand, his right hand, and he crouched behind the stone marker and looked down the road and across the bridge. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• A little further on, I passed the boy crouching for shelter under the lee of the sand hills. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Those two men might still be crouching in the doorway, but I could no longer see them. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• It was amazing through how many hours at a time she would remain beside him, in a crouching attitude, attentive to his slightest moan. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He did not like this crouching, this radiance--not altogether. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Now, in groping my way down the black staircase I fell over something, and that something was a man crouching in a corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Hush,' said Sam, swinging himself on to the wall, and crouching there in as small a compass as he could reduce himself to, 'only me, miss, only me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• And suddenly the rabbit, which had been crouching as if it were a flower, so still and soft, suddenly burst into life. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• When I fire if the man is sitting down he will stand up before he runs or crouches. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• She crouches on the parapet outside for hours and hours. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

校对:塞勒斯特