prostrate

音标['prɒstreit] 读音

汉语翻译

a. 拜倒的, 降伏的, 俯卧的, 衰竭的, 沮丧的
vt. 弄倒, 使屈服, 使俯伏, 使平卧

词型变化:

名词:prostrator 动词过去式:prostrated 过去分词:prostrated 现在分词:prostrating 第三人称单数:prostrates 

英语解释:

动词 prostrate:

  1. get into a prostrate position, as in submission
    同义词:bow down
  2. render helpless or defenseless
  3. throw down flat, as on the ground

形容词 prostrate:

  1. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
    同义词:flat
  2. lying face downward
    同义词:prone

例句:

  1. The illness left her prostrate for several weeks.
    这场病把她拖倒了几个星期。
  2. She was prostrate with grief.
    她因悲痛而一蹶不振。
  3. They prostrated themselves before the king.
    他们拜倒在国王的脚下。

详细解释:


pros.trate

v.tr.(及物动词)
pros.trat.ed,pros.trat.ing,pros.trates
To make (oneself) bow or kneel down in humility or adoration.
使(自己)拜倒:使(自己)谦恭或崇敬地鞠躬或跪倒
To throw down flat.
摆平:使倒下;使平卧
To lay low; overcome.
使屈服
adj.(形容词)
Lying face down, as in submission or adoration.
俯伏的:面朝下躺着,好象是屈服或崇拜
Lying down at full length.See Synonyms at prone
平卧的:平直的躺下参见 prone
Physically or emotionally incapacitated; overcome.
崩溃的:身体或感情上没有能力的;被征服的
Botany Growing flat along the ground.
【植物学】 匍匐性的:沿着地面平直地生长的

来源:
Middle English prostraten
中古英语 prostraten
from prostrat [prostrate]
源自 prostrat [伏地的]
from Latin prôstr3tus [past participle of] prôsternere [to throw down]
源自 拉丁语 prôstr3tus [] prôsternere的过去分词 [扔下]
pro- [forward] * see pro-
pro- [向前] *参见 pro-
sternere [to spread, cast down] * see ster- 2
sternere [张开,掼下] *参见 ster- 2

【引伸】
pros.tra.tor
n.(名词)

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