crouch是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vi. /n. 蹲伏，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But when, as in the case of Nicholas the Czar, the ringed crown of geographical empire encircles an imperial brain; then, the plebeian herds crouch abased before the tremendous centralization.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- With these exceptions, there was neither sight nor sound of any living thing; and often, when it grew dark, and he was tired of wandering from room to room, he would crouch in the corner of the passage by the street-door, to be as near living people as he could; and would remain there, listening and counting the hours, until the Jew or the boys returned.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The place through which he made his way at leisure was one of those receptacles for old and curious things which seem to crouch in odd corners of this town and to hide their musty treasures from the public eye in jealousy and distrust.
-- While he, subdued and abashed, seemed to crouch before her, and to shrink and cower down, as if in the presence of some superior creature, the child herself was sensible of a new feeling within her, which elevated her nature, and inspired her with an energy and confidence she had never known.
-- He would follow her up and down, waiting till she should tire and lean upon his arm he would sit opposite to her in the chimney-corner, content to watch, and look, until she raised her head and smiled upon him as of old he would discharge by stealth, those household duties which tasked her powers too heavily he would rise, in the cold dark nights, to listen to her breathing in her sleep, and sometimes crouch for hours by her bedside only to touch her hand.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When he slept he seemed to crouch down in the bed, lapped up in his own strength, that yet was hollow.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- No; by a gesture he bade us crouch beside him in a deep fracture of the rock, his hand pointed to one part of the liquid mass, which I watched attentively.
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