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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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