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

adjective | verb

prostrateprostrate1 /ˈprɑstreɪt/ adjective

ETYMOLOGYprostrate¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Latin, past participle of prosternere, from sternere to spread out, throw down

COLLOCATIONS► lying prostrate

They found him lying prostrate on the floor.

1lying on your front with your face toward the ground: They found him lying prostrate on the floor. → see also prone2too shocked, upset, damaged, etc. to do anything or be effective: prostrate with Judy was prostrate with grief after her father’s death.

adjective | verb

prostrateprostrate2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

prostrate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	prostrate
	he, she, it	prostrates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	prostrated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have prostrated
	he, she, it	has prostrated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had prostrated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will prostrate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have prostrated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am prostrating
	he, she, it	is prostrating
	you, we, they	are prostrating
Past	I, he, she, it	was prostrating
	you, we, they	were prostrating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been prostrating
	he, she, it	has been prostrating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been prostrating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be prostrating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been prostrating

1prostrate yourself to lie on your front with your face toward the ground, as an act of religious worship or a sign of your willingness to obey someone2[transitive usually passive] formal to make someone too shocked, upset, or weak to be able to do anything—prostration /prɑˈstreɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]