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

When you lie down, bow deeply, or kneel in a submissive position, that's prostration. Many religious rituals include various forms of prostration.

When a Catholic kneels to pray in church, or a Muslim bows his head to touch the ground during prayers, it's an act of prostration, or making yourself humble before a god or religious figure. In Hinduism, touching the feet of a guru (or teacher) is a sign of respect, and also a form of prostration. The source of this noun is the adjective prostrate, literally "lying face-down," from the Latin prosternere, "throw down."

WORD FAMILY

prostration: prostrations+/prostrate: prostrated, prostrates, prostrating, prostration, semi-prostrate

USAGE EXAMPLES

Archaic traditions of reverence, such as prostration before the monarch, were reintroduced, and Buddhist temples and festivals were infused with royal imagery.

Time(Oct 13, 2016)

Ted Cruz, before his prostration, told conservatives to vote their conscience.

Slate(Sep 30, 2016)

One or two may have been overlooked as the census-taker, who was on foot, neared heat prostration.

New York Times(Aug 15, 2016)

1n the act of assuming a prostrate position

Hyper

motility, motion, move, movement

a change of position that does not entail a change of location

2n abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body

Hyper

compliance, submission

the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

3n an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

the commander's prostration demoralized his men

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

collapse

breakdown, crack-up

a mental or physical breakdown

shock

(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor

heat hyperpyrexia, heatstroke

collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat

algidity

prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure

nervous breakdown

a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder

cardiogenic shock

shock caused by cardiac arrest

hypovolemic shock

shock caused by severe blood or fluid loss

obstructive shock

shock caused by obstruction of blood flow

distributive shock

shock caused by poor distribution of the blood flow

insulin reaction, insulin shock

hypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma

heat exhaustion, heat prostration

a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes

insolation, siriasis, sunstroke, thermic fever

sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat

illness, malady, sickness, unwellness

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

单词	prostration
释义	prostration (once / 3161 pages) n When you lie down, bow deeply, or kneel in a submissive position, that's prostration. Many religious rituals include various forms of prostration. When a Catholic kneels to pray in church, or a Muslim bows his head to touch the ground during prayers, it's an act of prostration, or making yourself humble before a god or religious figure. In Hinduism, touching the feet of a guru (or teacher) is a sign of respect, and also a form of prostration. The source of this noun is the adjective prostrate, literally "lying face-down," from the Latin prosternere, "throw down." WORD FAMILY prostration: prostrations+/prostrate: prostrated, prostrates, prostrating, prostration, semi-prostrate USAGE EXAMPLES Archaic traditions of reverence, such as prostration before the monarch, were reintroduced, and Buddhist temples and festivals were infused with royal imagery. Time(Oct 13, 2016) Ted Cruz, before his prostration, told conservatives to vote their conscience. Slate(Sep 30, 2016) One or two may have been overlooked as the census-taker, who was on foot, neared heat prostration. New York Times(Aug 15, 2016) 1n the act of assuming a prostrate position Hyper motility, motion, move, movement a change of position that does not entail a change of location 2n abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body Hyper compliance, submission the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another 3n an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion the commander's prostration demoralized his men Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper collapse breakdown, crack-up a mental or physical breakdown shock (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor heat hyperpyrexia, heatstroke collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat algidity prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure nervous breakdown a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder cardiogenic shock shock caused by cardiac arrest hypovolemic shock shock caused by severe blood or fluid loss obstructive shock shock caused by obstruction of blood flow distributive shock shock caused by poor distribution of the blood flow insulin reaction, insulin shock hypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma heat exhaustion, heat prostration a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes insolation, siriasis, sunstroke, thermic fever sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat illness, malady, sickness, unwellness impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
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