prostrate
英 ['pr?stre?t]
美['prɑstret]
- adj. 俯臥的；拜倒的；降伏的；沮喪的
- vt. 使…屈服；將…弄倒；使…俯伏
IELTSGRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?prostrates;過去式:?prostrated;過去分詞:?prostrated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?prostrating;
中文詞源
prostrate 俯伏，拜倒
來自拉丁語prostratus,俯伏的，來自prosternere,俯伏，拜倒，來自pro-,向前，sternere,展開，張開，詞源同stratum,structure.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate.
- 我父親死后，我的繼母一下就垮了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.
- 珀西閉著眼四仰八叉地平躺著。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I was prostrate with grief.
- 我當時痛不欲生。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They fell prostrate in worship.
- 他們拜倒在地。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. She was prostrate on the floor.
- 她俯臥在地板上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》