stoop

se baisser, se pencher

Pencher la tête et le haut du corps vers l'avant et vers le bas.

En anglais simple : To bend your head and upper body forward and down.

• She stooped to tie her shoe.
• You must stoop under this low branch.
• He was stooping over the box when I arrived.

Comment l'utiliser : stoop to + verb (She stooped to pick up her bag.); stoop under something (He stooped under the low doorway.)

Synonymes : bend down, bend over

Contraires : straighten

Expressions courantes : stoop down, stoop to pick, stoop under something

s'abaisser

Faire quelque chose de malhonnête ou de honteux que l'on jugerait normalement indigne de soi.

En anglais simple : To do something dishonest or shameful that you would normally consider beneath you.

• Don't stoop to insults.
• She refused to stoop to cheating.
• Would he really stoop so low as to hurt a child?

Comment l'utiliser : stoop to something/doing something (I would never stoop to lying about a colleague.); stoop so low as to + verb (He stooped so low as to steal from his friends.)

Synonymes : sink, lower oneself

Expressions courantes : stoop so low, stoop to cheating, stoop to insults

piquer, fondre

Pour un oiseau, plonger brusquement vers le sol, généralement pour attraper une proie.

En anglais simple : If a bird does this, it dives suddenly toward the ground, usually to catch another animal.

• The hawk stooped toward the field.
• A falcon stooped on its prey.
• We watched the bird stoop from high above the cliff.

Comment l'utiliser : stoop on someone/something (The falcon stooped on a pigeon.)

Synonymes : dive, swoop

Expressions courantes : stoop on prey, stoop at something, stoop from above

dos voûté, posture voûtée

Position du corps où la tête et les épaules sont penchées vers l'avant.

En anglais simple : A body position in which the head and shoulders bend forward.

• He has a slight stoop.
• Years of bending over a desk gave her a stoop.
• The man walked with a pronounced stoop.

Synonymes : hunch

Expressions courantes : a slight stoop, walk with a stoop, a pronounced stoop