prostrate

• adj. 俯臥的；拜倒的；降伏的；沮喪的
• vt. 使…屈服；將…弄倒；使…俯伏

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.

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.

1. Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate.

我父親死後，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》