crouch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɹaʊ̯t͡ʃ/|[ˈkʰɹʷaʊ̯t͡ʃ]    美 /ˈkɹaʊ̯t͡ʃ/|[ˈkʰɹʷaʊ̯t͡ʃ]|/ˈkɹæʊ̯t͡ʃ/|[ˈkʰɹʷæʊ̯t͡ʃ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bent or stooped position.
    — The cat waited in a crouch, hidden behind the hedge.
  2. A cross. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. 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. intransitive
    — We crouched behind the low wall until the squad of soldiers had passed by.
  2. To sign with the cross; bless. obsolete
  3. To bend servilely; to bow in reverence or humility. intransitive
    — kings ſhall crouch vnto our conquering ſwords, And hoſtes of Souldiers ſtand amazd at vs, When with their fearfull tongues they ſhall confeſſe Theſe are the men that al the world admires,

词形变化

crouches present,singular,third-person crouching participle,present crouched participle,past crouched past crouches plural crouches plural crouches present,singular,third-person crouching participle,present crouched participle,past crouched past

词源

词源 1
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 Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.
词源 2
From Middle English crouche, cruche, from Old English crūċ (“cross”). Compare Old Saxon krūci (“cross”), Old High German krūzi (“cross”). Doublet of cross and crux.
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