prostrate

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

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。

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）