prostrate
prostrate
adjective
prostration
noun
语源
adjective
- lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downwards
俯卧的；卧倒的
■[predic.](figurative)completely overcome or helpless, especially with distress or exhaustion
(喻)衰竭的，沮丧的；被征服的
his wife was prostrate with shock.
他妻子震惊得昏倒了。
■(Botany)growing along the ground
(植)平卧的，匍匐的，爬地的
- [with obj.](prostrate oneself)throw oneself flat on the ground so as to be lying face downwards, especially in reverence or submission
（尤指尊敬或屈从）使（自己）俯伏；使拜倒
she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church.
她匍匐在教堂光秃秃的地板上。
■(常作 be prostrated)(of distress, exhaustion, or illness)reduce (someone) to extreme physical weakness
（痛苦，疲惫，疾病）使衰竭，使疲惫；使沮丧
she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed.
偏头痛把她折腾得几乎不能跌跌撞撞登楼上床。
prostration
noun
语源
- Middle English: from Latin prostratus 'thrown down', past participle of prosternere, from pro- 'before' + sternere 'lay flat'
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