decubation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌdiːkjuːˈbeɪʃən/    美 /ˌdikjuˈbeɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of lying down. formal,obsolete,rare,uncountable
    — Here we may not omit what Learned men have obſerv'd concerning the Cuſtome of Prophets and Perſons inſpir'd of old, to ſleep [...] on Matraſſes and Beds made of their Leaves, ad Conſulendum to ask adviſe of God. [...] At this decubation upon Boughs the Satyriſt ſeems to hint where he introduces the Gypſies.

词源

From Latin dēcubō (“to lie in a bed (that is not one’s own)”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process or its result). Dēcubō is derived from dē- (“from”) + cubō (“to lie down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-); compare dēcumbō (“to lie down”).
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