prostrate

英['prɒstreɪt] 美['prɑːstreɪt]
  • adj. 卧倒的；拜倒的；瓦解的；无能为力的
  • v. 拜倒；倒下；无能为力；筋疲力尽；虚脱
prostrator prostrated prostrated prostrating prostrates
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详细释义

Adjective:
  1. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;

    "found himself lying flat on the floor"

  2. lying face downward

Verb:
  1. get into a prostrate position, as in submission

  2. render helpless or defenseless;

    "They prostrated the enemy"

  3. throw down flat, as on the ground;

    "She prostrated herself with frustration"

双语例句

1. Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate.
我父亲死后，我的继母一下就垮了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.
珀西闭着眼四仰八叉地平躺着。

来自柯林斯例句

3. I was prostrate with grief.
我当时痛不欲生。

来自柯林斯例句

4. They fell prostrate in worship.
他们拜倒在地。

来自《权威词典》

5. She was prostrate on the floor.
她俯卧在地板上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The prisoners were forced to lie prostrate in front of their captors.
      囚犯们被迫在逮捕他们的那些人面前卧倒。
    2. The country,prostrate after years of war,began slowly to recover.
      这个国家连年战争元气尽失后
    3. The illness left her prostrate for several weeks.
      这场病把她拖倒了几个星期。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The slaves prostrated themselves at their master's feet.
      奴隶们拜倒在主子的脚下.
    2. The trees were prostrated by the gales.
      这些树被大风刮倒了。
    3. The competitors were prostrated by the heat.
      竞赛者们由于天气炎热而力不从心。
    4. Two of the runners collapsed in a state of prostration.
      有两名赛跑选手因虚脱而倒下了。

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