stoop与bend这两动词均可表示“弯腰、弯曲”之意。
stoop : 通常用于人，指屈膝降低身体高度或低头弯腰。常引申作屈从或不顾尊严。
- The doorway was so low that we had to stoop to go through it.
门道太低，我们不得不弯下腰进去。 - Something fell out of her coat pocket and she stooped down and picked it up.
有个东西从她大衣口袋里掉了出来，她俯下身捡了起来。
bend : 指人指物皆可，含义广，指任何弯曲的动作。可引申作屈从解。
- The road bends to the left after the traffic lights.
过了第一个红绿灯后道路弯向左侧。 - I bent down and picked up the coins lying on the road.
我弯腰捡起路上的硬币。
