droop

Word family

droop /druːp/ verb

1 BEND[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to hang or bend down, or to make something do this （使）低垂，（使）垂下

The plant needs some water – it’s starting to droop.

这株植物需要浇些水——它开始打蔫了。

His eyelids began to droop (=close, because he was sleepy).

他的眼皮开始耷拉下来了。

Jessie drooped her head.

杰茜垂下头。

2 SAD/UNHAPPY[intransitiveI] to become sad or weak 情绪低落，丧失活力

Our spirits drooped as we faced the long trip home.

面临回家的漫长路程，我们情绪低落下来。

—droop noun [singular]

—droopy adjectiveadj

a droopy moustache

下垂的小胡子

Examples from the Corpus

droop• Can you water the plants? They're starting to droop.• Twice I ran perilously close to the edge, my eyes dazzled and eyelids drooping.• Towards the end of his harangue his head grew heavy, his eyelids drooped, and his speech became thick.• He watered the vines so little that the leaves drooped and the tendrils withered.• Haig and Kendall seemed almost to droop as the adrenalin drained out of them.• Consumer spending could revive the drooping economy.• For a day or two this tactic was mildly successful, but eventually even Auster began to droop from the monotony.• Most of the vines looked lifeless, their leaves drooping from the woody stems and curling into cylinders.• Her eyes were just drooping into sleep when she snapped back into consciousness.• One of its shoulder straps had drooped to her upper arm.• These flowers are beginning to droop. You'd better water them.

From Longman Business Dictionary

droopdroop /druːp/ verb [intransitiveI]

if prices, sales etc droop, they start to fall

In Tokyo, share prices drooped during the Emperor’s illness.

Origin droop

(1200-1300) Old Norse drúpa

droop verb

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