supine
adjective · nounA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Lying on its back.
Đồng nghĩa: reclined
- 2.
(of the hand, forearm or foot) Turned facing toward the body or upward: with the thumb outward (palm up), or with the big toe raised relative to the little toe.
when one is washing one’s face, the hand is in the supine position; and then the forearm is also in the supine position; when the foot is resting on the outer side of the sole, it is in the supine position
- 3.
(figuratively)Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.
Such corruption is commonplace in a world of supine civil servants and underfunded ministries.
Đồng nghĩa: passive, peaceful, lazy, lethargic, listless, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless, dispassionate, dull, enervated, gallionic, halfhearted, heartless, impassive, ineffervescible, insouciant, indifferent, insensible, jaded, languid, languorous, Laodicean, lethargic, listless, lackadaisical, lotophagous, lukewarm, meh, mopey, nonchalant, nonplussed, otiose, phlegmatic, pococurante, spiritless, supine, tepid, torpid, torpedinous, unaroused, uncaring, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unimpressible, uninterested, unlively, unmoved, untouched, unzealous, world-weary
- 4.
(poetic, rare)(rare, now poetic) Inclining or leaning backward; inclined, sloping.
Đồng nghĩa: inclined, sloping
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(also, attributive)(grammar, also attributively) In Latin and other languages: a type of verbal noun used in the ablative and accusative cases, which shares the same stem as the passive participle.
- 2.
(also, attributive)(grammar, also attributively) In Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic and Old Norse: a verb form that combines with an inflection of ha/hafa/hava to form the present perfect and pluperfect tenses.
- 3.
(also, attributive)(grammar, also attributively) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.
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thumb|US astronaut John Glenn lying supine (sense 1) during a [[medical examination on July 22, 1962]]