单词	prostrate
释义	prostrate1 adjectiveprostrate2 verb prostratepros‧trate1 /ˈprɒstreɪt $ ˈprɑː-/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINprostrate1 Origin: 1300-1400 Latin past participle of prosternere, from sternere ‘to spread out, throw down’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the nation's prostrate economy They found him lying prostrate on the floor. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Annes has fallen prostrate before the field. Everywhere doctors and nurses were bending over prostrate forms, and shouting orders and instructions. He lay prostrate before the Lord as his body was wracked with sobs. Pulling a torch from this pocket he played the beam across her prostrate form. The rocking had ceased and most of the congregation were prostrate. The stem is delicate, seldom branching, prostrate, and rooting as a marsh plant. Their crews are prostrate in the shade, trying to escape the excruciating, oven heat. When he left she'd been prostrate upon her bed. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► lying prostrate  They found him lying prostrate on the floor. ► prostrate body/figure/form COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► body · He flicked his wrist and sent it cracking high over Luke's prostrate body. ► form · Everywhere doctors and nurses were bending over prostrate forms, and shouting orders and instructions.· Over our prostrate forms the bullets are hissing and shells shrieking.· Pulling a torch from this pocket he played the beam across her prostrate form.· Landing over the first fence he crashed into the prostrate form of the faller Meon Valley and was brought down. 1lying on your front with your face towards the ground:  They found him lying prostrate on the floor.prostrate body/figure/form2too shocked, upset, weak etc to be able to do anythingprostrate with Julie was prostrate with grief after her father’s death.—prostration /prɒˈstreɪʃən $ prɑː-/ noun [countable, uncountable] prostrate1 adjectiveprostrate2 verb prostratepro‧strate2 /prəˈstreɪt $ ˈprɑːstreɪt/ verb Verb Table VERB TABLE prostrate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they prostrate he, she, it prostrates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they prostrated Present perfect I, you, we, they have prostrated he, she, it has prostrated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had prostrated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will prostrate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have prostrated Continuous Form Present I am prostrating he, she, it is prostrating you, we, they are prostrating Past I, he, she, it was prostrating you, we, they were prostrating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been prostrating he, she, it has been prostrating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been prostrating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be prostrating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been prostrating Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A sudden flurry, as of a dozen Multhrops simultaneously prostrating themselves, and the doors were flung open. At Artai's back they knelt, and then prostrated themselves. At this sight Catharine, much troubled, prostrated profoundly and gradually restored the foot of Agnes to its usual position. He stood by Burun's side, knelt and bowed, then prostrated himself. I spun around to find that he had prostrated himself on the ground and was clasping my feet. Outside they prostrate themselves on wooden prayer beds. They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison. This year, Hollywood mostly prostrated itself, hunkering down until the wind from the right blows over. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► prostrate yourself A man entered the room, and at once all the slaves prostrated themselves. A sudden flurry, as of a dozen Multhrops simultaneously prostrating themselves, and the doors were flung open. At Artai's back they knelt, and then prostrated themselves. He stood by Burun's side, knelt and bowed, then prostrated himself. I spun around to find that he had prostrated himself on the ground and was clasping my feet. Outside they prostrate themselves on wooden prayer beds. They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison. This year, Hollywood mostly prostrated itself, hunkering down until the wind from the right blows over. 1prostrate yourself to lie on your front with your face towards the ground, especially as an act of religious worship or as a sign of your willingness to obey someone2[transitive] to make someone too shocked, upset, or weak to be able to do anything:  They were prostrated by grief.GRAMMAR Prostrate is usually passive in this meaning.
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