prostrate

英 ['prɒstreɪt] 美 ['prɑstret]
  • adj. 俯卧的;拜倒的;降伏的;沮丧的
  • vt. 使…屈服;将…弄倒;使…俯伏

中文词源


prostrate 俯伏,拜倒

来自拉丁语prostratus,俯伏的,来自prosternere,俯伏,拜倒,来自pro-,向前,sternere,展开,张开,词源同stratum,structure.

英文词源


prostrate
prostrate: see strata
prostrate (adj.)
mid-14c., "lying face-down" (in submission, worship, etc.), from Latin prostratus, past participle of prosternere "strew in front, throw down," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + sternere "to spread out," from PIE root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure (n.)). Figurative use from 1590s. General sense of "laid out, knocked flat" is from 1670s.
prostrate (v.)
early 15c., prostraten, "prostrate oneself," from prostrate (adj.). Related: Prostrated; prostrating.

双语例句


1. Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate.
我父亲死后,我的继母一下就垮了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.
珀西闭着眼四仰八叉地平躺着。

来自柯林斯例句

3. I was prostrate with grief.
我当时痛不欲生。

来自柯林斯例句

4. They fell prostrate in worship.
他们拜倒在地。

来自《权威词典》

5. She was prostrate on the floor.
她俯卧在地板上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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