prostrate
英 ['prɒstreɪt]
美['prɑstret]
- adj. 俯卧的；拜倒的；降伏的；沮丧的
- vt. 使…屈服；将…弄倒；使…俯伏
词态变化
第三人称单数: prostrates;过去式: prostrated;过去分词: prostrated;现在分词: prostrating;
中文词源
prostrate 俯伏，拜倒
来自拉丁语prostratus,俯伏的，来自prosternere,俯伏，拜倒，来自pro-,向前，sternere,展开，张开，词源同stratum,structure.
英英释意
- 1. get into a prostrate position, as in submission
- 2. render helpless or defenseless;
- "They prostrated the enemy"
- 3. throw down flat, as on the ground;
- "She prostrated herself with frustration"
英文词源
- 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.
实用场景例句
- Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.
- 珀西闭着眼四仰八叉地平躺着。
柯林斯例句
- I was prostrate with grief.
- 我当时痛不欲生。
柯林斯例句
- They fell prostrate in worship.
- 他们拜倒在地。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- She was prostrate on the floor.
- 她俯卧在地板上.
《简明英汉词典》
- The Yankees had the South prostrate and they intended to keep It'so.
- 北方佬已经使南方屈服了,他们还打算继续下去.
飘（部分）
- The prisoners were forced to lie prostrate in front of their captors.
- 囚犯们被迫在逮捕他们的那些人面前卧倒.
辞典例句
- France no doubt would have lain prostrate under the German rule.
- 法国无疑会屈服在德国的统治之下.
辞典例句
- Bundy struck a match and held it over the prostrate figure.
- 邦迪擦了一根火柴照看那个俯卧着的东西.
辞典例句
- All the rest of them are dancing over his prostrate form.
- 其他人在他身上跳起舞来.
辞典例句
- The insect , writhed, and lay prostrate again.
- 昆虫折腾了几下, 重又直挺挺地倒了下去.
辞典例句
- The chair collapsed , leaving Jeo prostrate.
- 这把椅一下子散了架,琼摔倒在地.
辞典例句
- Italy lies prostrate under her miseries and disasters.
- 意大利在贫穷灾祸的重压下已经奄奄一息.
辞典例句
- She was prostrate with grief after his death.
- 她在他死后因悲伤而憔悴了.
辞典例句
- Once France was prostrate, he must if possible conquer or destroy Great Britain.
- 法国一经投降,只要可能, 他就必然要征服或毁灭大不列颠.
辞典例句
- The young mother was prostrate with grief at her baby's death from pneumonia.
- 年轻妈妈的孩子患肺炎而死去,这使她悲痛欲绝.
辞典例句