| 单词 | prostration |
| 释义 | prostration (once / 3161 pages) n When you lie down, bow deeply, or kneel in a submissive position, that's prostration. Many religious rituals include various forms of prostration. When a Catholic kneels to pray in church, or a Muslim bows his head to touch the ground during prayers, it's an act of prostration, or making yourself humble before a god or religious figure. In Hinduism, touching the feet of a guru (or teacher) is a sign of respect, and also a form of prostration. The source of this noun is the adjective prostrate, literally "lying face-down," from the Latin prosternere, "throw down." WORD FAMILYprostration: prostrations+/prostrate: prostrated, prostrates, prostrating, prostration, semi-prostrate USAGE EXAMPLESArchaic traditions of reverence, such as prostration before the monarch, were reintroduced, and Buddhist temples and festivals were infused with royal imagery. Time(Oct 13, 2016) Ted Cruz, before his prostration, told conservatives to vote their conscience. Slate(Sep 30, 2016) One or two may have been overlooked as the census-taker, who was on foot, neared heat prostration. New York Times(Aug 15, 2016) 1n the act of assuming a prostrate position Hyper motility, motion, move, movement a change of position that does not entail a change of location 2n abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body Hyper compliance, submission the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another 3n an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion the commander's prostration demoralized his men Syn|Hypo|Hyper collapse breakdown, crack-up a mental or physical breakdown shock(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor heat hyperpyrexia, heatstrokecollapse caused by exposure to excessive heat algidityprostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure nervous breakdowna severe or incapacitating emotional disorder cardiogenic shockshock caused by cardiac arrest hypovolemic shockshock caused by severe blood or fluid loss obstructive shockshock caused by obstruction of blood flow distributive shockshock caused by poor distribution of the blood flow insulin reaction, insulin shockhypoglycemia produced by excessive insulin in the system causing coma heat exhaustion, heat prostrationa condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes insolation, siriasis, sunstroke, thermic feversudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat illness, malady, sickness, unwellness impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism |
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