prostrate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/    美 /ˈpɹɑstɹeɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To lie flat or face-down. often,reflexive
  2. To throw oneself down in submission. also,figuratively
    — Those who had the privilege of approaching him, had to prostrate themselves before him in profound humility[…]
  3. To cause to lie down, to flatten.
    — How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest!
  4. To overcome or overpower. figuratively
    — Why this very minute she's prostrated with grief.
形容词 adj.
  1. Lying flat, face-down. not-comparable
    — Prostrate fall / Before him reverent, and there confess / Humbly our faults.
  2. Emotionally devastated. figuratively,not-comparable
  3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease. not-comparable
    — He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
  4. Trailing on the ground; procumbent. not-comparable
  5. Prostrated. not-comparable,obsolete

词形变化

prostrates present,singular,third-person prostrating participle,present prostrated participle,past prostrated past

词汇关系

衍生词
deprostrate prostrate amaranth prostrately prostrate pigweed prostrater unprostrated
相关词
prostration kowtow

词源

词源 1
From Middle English prostrat(e) (“prostrate”, also used as the past participle of prostraten), borrowed from Latin prōstrātus, perfect passive participle of prōsternō (“to prostrate”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
词源 2
From Middle English prostraten (“(reflexive) to prostrate; (with doun) to fall down in a state of humility or submission”), from prostrat(e) (“prostrate, prostrated”, also used as the past participle of prostraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin prōstrātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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