droop

US: /ˈdɹup/
UK: /dɹˈuːp/


English Vietnamese dictionary


droop /dru:p/
  • danh từ
    • dáng gục xuống, dáng cuối xuống, dáng rũ xuống
    • vẻ ủ rũ; sự chán nản
    • sự hạ giọng
    • nội động từ
      • ngả xuống, rủ xuống; rũ xuống, gục xuống (vì mệt nhọc...)
      • nhìn xuống (mắt, đầu...)
      • (thơ ca) chìm xuống, lặn xế (mặt trời...)
      • ủ rũ; chán nản
      • nội động từ
        • cúi, gục (đầu...) xuống

      Advanced English dictionary


      + verb [V]
      1 to bend, hang or move downwards, especially because of being weak or tired: the drooping branches of the apple tree + She was so tired, her eyelids were beginning to droop. + The plants were drooping from lack of water.
      2 to become sad or depressed: Our spirits drooped when we heard the news.
      droop noun [sing.]: the slight droop of her mouth
      droopy adjective: a droopy moustache

      Thesaurus dictionary


      v.
      1 sag, hang (down), wilt, dangle:
      Flags drooped in the windless heat.
      2 languish, weaken, flag, wilt, wither, be limp, slump, sag:
      Halfway through the marathon she began to droop a bit.

      Concise English dictionary


      droops|drooped|droopingdruːp
      noun
      +a shape that sags
      verb
      +droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
      +hang loosely or laxly
      +become limp