prostrate

adjective · verbB2

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Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Lying flat, face-down.
Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.
Đồng nghĩa: prone
2.
(figuratively, not comparable)Emotionally devastated.
3.
(not comparable)Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
4.
(not comparable)(botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
5.
(not comparable, obsolete)Prostrated.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

prostrates

V_ing/Gerund

prostrating

V_ed/pp

prostrated

1.
(often, reflexive)(often reflexive) To lie flat or face-down.
2.
(also, figuratively)(also figurative) To throw oneself down in submission.
Đồng nghĩa: grovel
3.
To cause to lie down, to flatten.
4.
(figuratively)To overcome or overpower.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

prone grovel

Trái nghĩa

supine

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English prostrat(e) (prostrate), borrowed from Latin prōstrātus, perfect passive participle of prōsternō (to prostrate). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. ine-pro