"bend forward," Old English stupian "to bow, bend," from Proto-Germanic *stup- (cognates: Middle Dutch stupen "to bow, bend," Norwegian stupa "fall, drop"), from PIE *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). Figurative sense of "condescend," especially expressing a lowering of the moral self, is from 1570s. Sense of "swoop" is first recorded 1570s in falconry. Related: Stooped; stooping. The noun meaning "an act of stooping" is from c. 1300. Stoop-shouldered attested from 1773.
stoop (n.)
"raised open platform at the entrance of a house," 1755, American and Canadian, from Dutch stoep "flight of steps, doorstep, threshold," from Middle Dutch, from Proto-Germanic *stap- "step" (see step (v.)).
This, unlike most of the words received [in American English] from the Dutch, has extended, in consequence of the uniform style of building that prevails throughout the country, beyond the bounds of New York State, as far as the backwoods of Canada. [Bartlett]
Also in South African English as stoep.
双语例句
1. He was a tall, thin fellow with a slight stoop.
他是个瘦高个儿，有点驼背。
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2. They stood together on the stoop and rang the bell.
他们一起站在门廊上按响了门铃。
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3. They will stoop to every low-down trick.
他们什么卑劣的手段都使得出来。
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4. I refuse to stoop to such bullying tactics.
我拒绝下作到使用这种霸道手段.
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5. But Stoop was not going to let himself be just an apartment cat.
