矿柱回采

矿业

[ adj ]
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
<adj.all>
a little oldish misshapen stooping woman

Stoop \Stoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stooping}.] [OE. stoupen; akin to AS. st?pian, OD. stuypen,
Icel. st[=u]pa, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt. Cf 5th {Steep}.]
1. To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward;
to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or
walking; to assume habitually a bent position.

2. To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume
a position of humility or subjection.

Mighty in her ships stood Carthage long, . . .
Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong.
--Dryden.

These are arts, my prince,
In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome.
--Addison.

3. To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. ``She
stoops to conquer.'' --Goldsmith.

Where men of great wealth stoop to husbandry, it
multiplieth riches exceedingly. --Bacon.

4. To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to
souse; to swoop.

The bird of Jove, stooped from his a["e]ry tour,
Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.
--Milton.

5. To sink when on the wing; to alight.

And stoop with closing pinions from above. --Dryden.

Cowering low
With blandishment, each bird stooped on his wing.
--Milton.

Syn: To lean; yield; submit; condescend; descend; cower;
shrink.


Stooping \Stoop"ing\,
a. & n. from {Stoop}. -- {Stoop"ing*ly}, adv.