prostrate

C2 大学 FREQ #37616

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

发音

UK /ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/
其它
US /ˈpɹɑstɹeɪt/

词形变化

prostrated prostrates 三单 prostrates prostratest prostrateth prostrating prostrating 现在分词 prostrated 过去式 prostrated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使…屈服；将…弄倒；使…俯伏

形容词

俯卧的；拜倒的；降伏的；沮丧的

释义与例句

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To lie flat or face-down.

    趴

    平卧

  2. 2.

    To throw oneself down in submission.

    匍匐

    伏地

    比喻
  3. 3.

    To cause to lie down, to flatten.

  4. 4.

    To overcome or overpower.

    比喻
adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Lying flat, face-down.

    Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.

  2. 2.

    Emotionally devastated.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.

    He was prostrate from the extreme heat.

  4. 4.

    Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

    生物 植物学
  5. 5.

    Prostrated.

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

bow down

上位词 7

change lie throw alter loft modify lie down
形容词

同义词 2

flat prone

近义相关 1

unerect

相关短语

prostrate pigweed prostrate amaranth

词源

From Middle English prostraten (“(reflexive) to prostrate; (with doun) to fall down in a state of humility or submission”), from prostrat(e) (“prostrate, prostrated”, also used as the past participle of prostraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin prōstrātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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