来自PIE*sker, 转，弯，词源同crumple, curve. 即弯下腰的，蹲下的。

1. They walked in a crouch, each bent over close to the ground.

他们每个人都俯身贴近地面蹲伏着前进。

2. The fielders crouch around the batsman's wicket.

防守队员蹲伏在击球手守卫的三柱门周围。

3. Meantime, here I crouch over a cup of tea in my unheated study.

与此同时，在没有暖气的书房里，我只能就着一杯茶取暖。

4. Playing Rooney and Owen means no place for Crouch.

让鲁尼和欧文上场就意味着克劳奇要坐板凳.

5. He dropped into a defensive crouch, the knife held defensively before him.

他做出防备的卷曲姿态, 刀很防备地拿在面前.