Stooped describes a body — usually a back or shoulders — that is permanently bent forwards and down, so the person no longer stands straight. It is most often said of old people, whose spines have curved with age, and of people whose work has bent them: farmers, miners, tailors.

Stooped describes a body形容的身體 — usually a back or shoulders通常是背或肩膀 — that is permanently bent forwards and down永久地向前向下彎， so the person no longer stands straight所以這個人再也站不直。It is most often said of最常用來說 old people老人， whose spines have curved with age他們的脊椎隨著年紀彎曲， and of people whose work has bent them也用來說被工作壓彎的人： farmers, miners, tailors農夫、礦工、裁縫。

That is the key thing about this word: it means a lasting shape, not a movement. If you bend down once to pick up a pen, you stoop (the verb), but you are not stooped.

That is the key thing about this word這是這個字的關鍵： it means它指的是 a lasting shape持續的姿勢， not a movement不是一個動作。If you bend down once to pick up a pen如果你彎腰一次去撿筆， you stoop你是stoop (the verb)（動詞）， but you are not stooped但你不是stooped。

It goes naturally with a small set of nouns — 'a stooped old man', 'stooped shoulders', 'his stooped figure' — and after be or become: 'he has become stooped in the last few years'. The feeling it carries is usually gentle sadness, a sign of age, tiredness or a hard life, and it is often paired in description with details like thin hands or slow steps.

It goes naturally with它自然會搭配 a small set of nouns一小群名詞 — 'a stooped old man'『a stooped old man』， 'stooped shoulders'『stooped shoulders』， 'his stooped figure'『his stooped figure』 — and after be or become也會接在be或become後面： 'he has become stooped in the last few years'『he has become stooped in the last few years』。The feeling it carries它帶有的感覺 is usually gentle sadness通常是淡淡的哀傷， a sign of age, tiredness or a hard life是年紀、疲累或辛苦人生的象徵， and it is often paired in description描寫時也常搭配 with details like thin hands or slow steps瘦弱的手或緩慢的腳步這類細節。

You may also meet 'stooping' used the same way, and 'stoop-shouldered' in American writing. Note that the verb stoop has a second, separate meaning — to lower yourself morally, as in 'I wouldn't stoop to lying' — but the adjective stooped only ever describes the body.

You may also meet你也可能遇到 'stooping'『stooping』 used the same way用同樣的方式， and 'stoop-shouldered'還有『stoop-shouldered』 in American writing在美式寫作裡。Note that要注意 the verb stoop動詞stoop has a second, separate meaning還有第二個、獨立的意思 — to lower yourself morally道德上降低自己， as in像 'I wouldn't stoop to lying'『I wouldn't stoop to lying』 — but the adjective stooped但形容詞stooped only ever describes the body永遠只形容身體。