| 释义 |
prostrate /prosˈtrāt/ adjective- Prone
- Lying or bent with one's face on the ground
- (loosely) lying at length, with the body stretched out
- Procumbent, trailing (botany)
- Lying at someone's mercy
- Reduced to helplessness
- Completely exhausted
transitive verb /pros-trātˈ or prosˈ/ - To throw forwards on the ground
- To lay flat
- To overthrow
- To reduce to impotence or exhaustion
- To bend in humble reverence (reflexive)
ORIGIN: L prōstrātus, pap of prōsternere, from prō forwards, and sternere to spread prostrāˈtion noun |