Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] is stooped
A stooped old man shuffled slowly across the street.
Egy görnyedt öregember lassan átcsoszogott az utcán.
Her stooped shoulders made her look much older than she really was.
Görnyedt válla miatt sokkal idősebbnek látszott, mint amilyen valójában volt.
Years of working at the sewing machine left her small and stooped.
The professor was a thin, stooped figure in a worn brown coat.
He walked in, stooped and tired, but with a kind smile.
Exemple pentru cursanți
The old woman was very thin and stooped.
Az idős asszony nagyon sovány és görnyedt volt.
My grandfather is a little stooped when he walks.
A nagyapám járás közben egy kicsit görnyedt.
His stooped shoulders show that he has back problems.
The man with the stooped back sat on the bench.
She became stooped after many years of hard work.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes use *stooped* for any action of bending forward, where the verb *bent* or *leaning* is more natural. Use the adjective *stooped* mainly for someone's general posture, especially for older or physically weakened people, not for a quick movement.
Sens
with a bent, hunched back
Colocații
stooped shoulders
|stooped posture
|stooped figure
|stooped old man
|thin stooped man
|small stooped woman
Sinonime
hunched (Often describes a rounded, forward-bent upper back; very close in meaning.)
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bent (More general and less specific; can describe many things that are not straight, not only posture.)
Antonime
upright (Describes a straight, vertical posture, the opposite of a bent or stooped back.)
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erect (More formal term for very straight posture, contrasting with a stooped back.)
Teme
appearance
|health
|daily life
|body
Definiție
Having your back and shoulders bent forward all the time, often because you are old, weak, or have bad posture.
Having the shoulders and upper back bent forward, often in a habitual or permanent way, especially because of age, weakness, or long-term bad posture.
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] stooped to [a lower position]
He stooped down to tie his shoelaces.
Lehajolt, hogy bekösse a cipőfűzőjét.
She stooped to pick up the keys she had dropped.
Lehajolt, hogy felvegye a leejtett kulcsokat.
The nurse stooped over the child to check his temperature.
I stooped to look under the bed for my phone.
They stooped beside the injured man and tried to help him.
Exemple pentru cursanți
He stooped down to pick up the ball.
Lehajolt, hogy felvegye a labdát.
She stooped over the table to read the small text.
Az asztal fölé hajolt, hogy elolvassa az apró betűs szöveget.
I stooped to look at the flower on the ground.
The girl stooped and tied her shoe.
My father stooped to talk to the little boy.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse *stooped* with *stopped* in speech or writing, which changes the meaning completely. Also, they may overuse *stooped* where *bent down* is more natural; *stooped* often sounds slightly more descriptive or literary than *bent down*.
Sens
bent the body forward/down
Colocații
stooped down
|stooped over
|stooped to pick up [something]
|stooped to the ground
|stooped beside [someone]
Sinonime
bent down (Very close in meaning; more common in everyday speech and slightly simpler.)
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crouched (Suggests bending the knees and lowering the whole body, not just the upper body.)
Antonime
stood up (Describes returning to a straight, vertical position after bending or sitting.)
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straightened up (Focuses on making the back straight again after being bent or stooped.)
Teme
movement
|daily life
|daily_life
|body
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
Bent your body forward and down, usually to reach something low or on the ground.
Past tense and past participle of *stoop*: to bend the upper body forward and downward, usually to reach something lower or nearer the ground.
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] stooped to [something / doing something]
She never stooped to lying, even when the truth hurt her career.
Soha nem süllyedt odáig, hogy hazudjon, még akkor sem, amikor az igazság ártott a karrierjének.
I can't believe he stooped to stealing from his own friends.
El sem hiszem, hogy odáig süllyedt, hogy a saját barátaitól lopott.
They stooped to personal attacks instead of discussing the real issue.
He finally stooped to bribery to win the contract.
I will not be stooped to his level of name-calling and abuse.
Exemple pentru cursanți
He stooped to lying to get the job.
Odáig süllyedt, hogy hazudott az állás megszerzéséért.
She was angry but did not stoop to insults.
Dühös volt, de nem süllyedt odáig, hogy sértegetődjön.
They stooped to cheating to win the game.
I will not stoop to his level.
The company stooped to very low methods to make money.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may treat *stooped to* here as a physical action, translating it as if someone bent down rather than lowered their moral standards. In this meaning, *stooped to* is figurative and usually followed by a negative action like *lying*, *cheating*, or *insults*.
Sens
lowered one's moral standards
Colocații
stooped to lying
|stooped to theft
|stooped to cheating
|stooped to his level
|stooped so low
Sinonime
sank (Often used with 'so low'; emphasizes falling to a worse moral level.)
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degraded himself/herself (More formal; stresses loss of dignity or self-respect.)
Antonime
rose above it (Means refusing to behave badly or respond in a low way, even when provoked.)
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held to his principles (Emphasizes keeping one's moral standards instead of lowering them.)
Teme
ethics
|behavior
|emotions
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
Did something you think is bad or low, below your usual moral level, especially to get what you want.
Past tense and past participle of *stoop* in the figurative sense: to do something that is considered morally low, dishonest, or beneath one's usual standards.