释义 |
recumbentre‧cum‧bent /rɪˈkʌmbənt/ adjective formal recumbentOrigin: 1700-1800 Latin present participle of recumbere ‘to lie down’ - And there was Iris Sunderby's recumbent body sprawled in the back.
- He could not, for he was lying recumbent and unconscious on the carefully tended garden.
- He searched the recumbent form of his captive roughly and, straightening, tossed a slim package to Alexei.
- Midwestern tourists stopped to consider the recumbent women.
- One must have served as a recumbent tombstone, since it has a slot at one end to hold a vertical cross.
- She attacks, but never lets herself be drawn too far away from the recumbent, moaning body of her mistress.
- To his horror, he discerned a recumbent shape at the side of the line.
lying down on your back or side |