Droop



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.低垂;沮丧
• ［英］ v.低垂 ( bend or hang downward) ; 沮丧 ( become weakened)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English drupen, from Old Norse drūpa; akin to Old English dropa drop
• Date: 13th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to hang or incline downward
  • 2. to sink gradually
  • 3. to become depressed or weakened ; languish
• transitive verb
  • to let droop
• ? droopingly adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1647
• the condition or appearance of drooping

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