英语词汇“to fall prostrate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Of a person: lying with the face to the ground, in token of submission or humility, as in adoration, worship, or supplication; (hence more generally) lying stretched out on the ground, typically with the face downwards. Frequently in predicative or quasi-adverbial use, as in to fall prostrate, to lie prostrate, etc. Cf. prone adj. 5b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > [adjective] > self-abased

prostratec1390

enclinc1400

prostitute1621

self-abased1668

self-abandoned1688

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adjective] > prostrate or face down

nueleOE

prostratec1390

gryfelya1450

prone1610

prostitute1621

ventricumbent1882

c1390 (?c1350) Savinian & Savina 259 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 97 (MED) Prostrat heo fel þen to grounde And preyed to God.

a1425 Ordination of Nuns (Lansd.) in E. A. Kock Rule St. Benet (1902) 144 (MED) Þan he sall say fore colettis oure hir, The nouice ligand prostrate be þe gree, And þe priores and þe couent standand in þer stallis.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 244 (MED) Thy moder..Swownyng full offte, fil to þe ground prostrat.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 15 Here we lye prostrate for to offre our prayers to god.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 148 (MED) Þei leyde her crounes before god & fel doun prostrate before þe lambe & worshipid him into worldes of worldes.

?1537 T. Elyot Castell of Helthe ii. xxx. f. 47^v To them, whiche haue feble digestion, it is good to slepe prostrate on their bealyes.

1608 M. Fotherby Fovre Serm. 29 They worship him, not kneeling, but prostrate.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. D Whiles we on grassie bed did lie prostrate.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. i. 4 Finding us all prostrate upon our Faces (for so I gave order,) they pinioned us.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 500 Emaciated by fasting and clothed in sackcloth, the penitent lay prostrate at the door of the assembly.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xv. 58 O'er my prostrate kinsman stood The ruthless murderer.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile ii. 27 Some lay prostrate, their foreheads touching the ground.

1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes iii. 38 He rushed forward to drag the ape from his wife's prostrate form.

1991 E. Peters Last Camel died at Noon i. i. 19 The stranger toppled forward and fell prostrate on the hearth rug.

单词	to fall prostrate
释义	> as lemmas to fall prostrate a. Of a person: lying with the face to the ground, in token of submission or humility, as in adoration, worship, or supplication; (hence more generally) lying stretched out on the ground, typically with the face downwards. Frequently in predicative or quasi-adverbial use, as in to fall prostrate, to lie prostrate, etc. Cf. prone adj. 5b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > [adjective] > self-abased prostratec1390 enclinc1400 prostitute1621 self-abased1668 self-abandoned1688 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adjective] > prostrate or face down nueleOE prostratec1390 gryfelya1450 prone1610 prostitute1621 ventricumbent1882 c1390 (?c1350) Savinian & Savina 259 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 97 (MED) Prostrat heo fel þen to grounde And preyed to God. a1425 Ordination of Nuns (Lansd.) in E. A. Kock Rule St. Benet (1902) 144 (MED) Þan he sall say fore colettis oure hir, The nouice ligand prostrate be þe gree, And þe priores and þe couent standand in þer stallis. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 244 (MED) Thy moder..Swownyng full offte, fil to þe ground prostrat. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 15 Here we lye prostrate for to offre our prayers to god. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 148 (MED) Þei leyde her crounes before god & fel doun prostrate before þe lambe & worshipid him into worldes of worldes. ?1537 T. Elyot Castell of Helthe ii. xxx. f. 47^v To them, whiche haue feble digestion, it is good to slepe prostrate on their bealyes. 1608 M. Fotherby Fovre Serm. 29 They worship him, not kneeling, but prostrate. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. D Whiles we on grassie bed did lie prostrate. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. i. 4 Finding us all prostrate upon our Faces (for so I gave order,) they pinioned us. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 500 Emaciated by fasting and clothed in sackcloth, the penitent lay prostrate at the door of the assembly. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xv. 58 O'er my prostrate kinsman stood The ruthless murderer. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile ii. 27 Some lay prostrate, their foreheads touching the ground. 1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes iii. 38 He rushed forward to drag the ape from his wife's prostrate form. 1991 E. Peters Last Camel died at Noon i. i. 19 The stranger toppled forward and fell prostrate on the hearth rug. extracted from prostrateadj.n.¹ < as lemmas
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