crouch

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

crouches

V_ing/Gerund

crouching

V_ed/pp

crouched

1.
(intransitive)To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.
Đồng nghĩa: huddle
2.
(intransitive)To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility.
3.
(obsolete)To sign with the cross; bless.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

crouches

1.
A bent or stooped position.
The cat waited in a crouch, hidden behind the hedge.
2.
(obsolete)A cross.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

huddle

Cùng gốc / liên quan

crouchercrouchysemicrouchuncrouchcrouch ware,crouchware

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English crouchen (to bend, crouch), variant of croken (to bend, crook), from crok (crook, hook), from Old Norse krókr (hook), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (hook), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (wicker, bend), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (to turn, wind, weave). Compare kroken krōken. More at crook.