| 单词 | to be or lie on one's back |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be or lie on one's back a. to be or lie on one's back: to be laid up, to be afflicted; also, figurative to be prostrate, helpless; to lay any one on his back, to prostrate, floor, lay low. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > bring to lower condition or lay low settle1338 subduea1500 decaya1535 redact1542 reduce1567 to lay any one on his back1662 the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > be in low condition to be or lie on one's back1840 the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > be restrained by ill health liea1400 to keep one's bed1534 to be or lie on one's back1841 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 280 They never look up to heaven, till God layes them on their back. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxviii. 312 He confessed the whole matter; acknowledged that he was on his back. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. xlv. 80 Sick and very feeble, having been for several weeks upon my back. 1904 McClure's Mag. Feb. 366/1 The employers of San Francisco are flat on their backs..; when a labor leader makes a demand we give in without a word. 1938 New Statesman 21 May 863/2 ‘Speciality selling’..is the last refuge of the man who is ‘on his back’. < as lemmas |
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