Definition of stoop

stoopverb

lưng tôm

/stuːp//stuːp/

The word "stoop" as used to refer to a small front porch in architecture, derives from the Old English word "stāpan," which meant a ladder or steps leading up to a house. In Middle English, the word evolved to "stape" and referred to a stair, ramp, or flight of steps leading to a door or room. By the 15th century, the word "stope" or "stoop" emerged, and it referred to a ladder, stair, or stepladder. Over time, the meaning of the word evolved, and in the 19th century, it came to be associated with a small porch or landing at the entry of a house. Today, the term "stoop" is commonly used in American English to describe a small porch or entryway, usually found in older homes and buildings.

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to bend your body forwards and downwards

uốn cong cơ thể của bạn về phía trước và xuống dưới

Example:
  • She stooped down to pick up the child.

    Cô cúi xuống bế con lên.

  • The doorway was so low that he had to stoop.

    Cánh cửa thấp đến mức anh phải cúi xuống.

to stand or walk with your head and shoulders bent forwards

đứng hoặc đi với đầu và vai cúi về phía trước

Example:
  • He tends to stoop because he's so tall.

    Anh ấy có xu hướng khom lưng vì anh ấy quá cao.

Related words and phrases

Phrasal verbs

Idioms

sink/stoop to a new/an all-time low
to behave in a worse way than ever before
  • The government has stooped to an all-time low with this policy.
  • Reality TV has sunk to new lows.
    • stoop so low (as to do something)
    (formal)to drop your moral standards far enough to do something bad or unpleasant
  • She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman's finger.