droop

droop
verb
  1. [no obj.]bend or hang downwards limply
    （松沓沓地）垂下
    a long black cloak drooped from his shoulders.
    一件黑色的长斗篷从他肩膀上垂下。
    ■sag down from or as if from weariness or dejection
    （因疲倦或沮丧等而）下垂，下陷
    his eyelids drooped and he became drowsy.
    他眼睑下垂，开始昏昏欲睡。
    the scenes are so lengthy that the reader's spirits droop.
    冗长的景色描写使读者精神委靡不振。
    ■[with obj.]cause to bend or hang downwards
    使弯下，使垂下
    James hid his face in his hands and drooped his head.
    詹姆斯用手捂住脸，低下头去。
noun
  1. [in sing.]an act or instance of drooping; a limp or weary attitude
    低垂，下垂；耷拉（或疲乏）的姿态
    the exhausted droop of her shoulders.
    她那精疲力竭地耷拉着的肩膀。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old Norse drúpa 'hang the head'; related to drip and drop
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