v (1)弯(腰)，俯(身)(bend (a part of the body) forward and downward)[I，I+prep，I+adv (down)，T+n]：～low to look under a bed 俯身查看床下;～under the low beam 在矮横梁下弯腰;～(down) to talk to a child/pick up a flower 弯腰对孩子讲话/摘花;～one's head to get into a car 低头钻进汽车;

(2)驼背，佝偻(have the head and shoulders habitually bowed forward)[I]：begin to～from/with age 因年老而开始驼背;～from years of carrying heavy objects on one's back 由于多年背负重物而驼背;The old woman～s.那老妇人驼背。

stoop to (v prep)低贱(堕落)干出某事(vt)：I know you'd never～to such low tactics/borrowing money. 我知道你决不会卑鄙到使用如此低劣手法/沦落到借钱的地步。

n驼背，佝偻(habitual stooping position of the body)[C，通常sing]：walk with a～弓着背走路;His～seemed more pronounced after his illness. 病后他背驼更加明显了。develop a～驼背了;〖同〗bend;〖反〗straightness，erectness;

【辨异】stoop与bend和bow的区别见BEND。