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droopingp. a. 1. declining,languishing衰落的,变得衰弱无力的。 △1H.VI. 5.2.1: “These news,my lords,may cheer our drooping spirits.”诸位,这些消息可以鼓舞我们低落的士气。 △3H.vi. 1.1.6: “Cheered up the drooping ar-my;”鼓舞起士气低落的队伍。 2.❶leaning downward斜躺下的。 ❷declining,i.e. fit-ting for one’s declining years衰退的,(指)适合于人的衰朽残年的。 drooping chair: ❶chair in which one leans down-ward人在其中斜躺下的椅子。 ❷chair fitting for one’s de-clining years适合于人衰朽残年的椅子。 △1H.VI. 4.5.4:“When sapless age and weak unable limbs / Should bring thy father to his drooping chair.”当元气衰竭的老年和虚弱无力的四肢迫使你的父亲只好瘫倒在椅子里的时候。 3. sinking,declining,i.e. where the sun sets. 沉落的,落下的,(转指)日落的。 drooping west: west,where the sun sets 日落的。
△2H.IV.Ind.3:“I,from the orient to the droopingwest,”i.e. from east to west,from morning to night-fall. 我,从东方到日落的西方。 |