单词 | prostrate |
释义 | prostrate adj. & v. --adj   1. a lying face downwards, esp. in submission. b lying horizontally.   2. overcome, esp. by grief, exhaustion, etc. (prostrate with self-pity).   3. Bot. growing along the ground. --vtr.   1. lay (a person etc.) flat on the ground.   2. (refl.) throw (oneself) down in submission etc.   3. (of fatigue, illness, etc.) overcome; reduce to extreme physical weakness. Derivatives prostration n. Etymology: ME f. L prostratus past part. of prosternere (as PRO-(1), sternere strat- lay flat) |
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