crouch
crouch
verb
verb
- [no obj.]adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself
（多指为躲避视线或自我保护）蹲；蹲伏
we crouched down in the trench.
我们蹲伏在战壕里。
Leo was crouched before the fire.
利奥蹲在炉火前。
■(erouch over) bend over so as to be close to (someone or something)
下蹲（以接近某人，物）
she was crouching over some flower bed.
她蹲在一个花坛前。
- [in sing.]a crouching stance or posture
下蹲；蹲伏（姿势）
- late Middle English: perhaps from Old French crochir 'be bent', from croche (see crotch)
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