英语词汇“prostrate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	prostrate
释义	pros·trate I. \ˈpräˌstrāt sometimes -ästrə̇t, usu -d.+V\ adjective Etymology: Middle English prostrat, from Latin prostratus, past participle of prosternere to prostrate, from pro before + sternere to spread out, throw down — more at strew 1. a. : stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission < smite the tax-gatherer, but fall prostrate at the feet of the contemptible prince for whom the tax-gatherer plies his trade — H.T.Buckle > b. : lying prone or supine : extended in a horizontal position : flat < quickly stooping I once more drove my weapon to the hilt in his prostrate form — W.H.Hudson †1922 > c. : knocked down : overthrown < clambered over half-visible rocks, fell over prostrate trees — Willa Cather > 2. : lacking in vitality or will : powerless to rise : laid low : overcome < prostrate with fear > < a whole continent prostrate and impoverished — Andrew Shonfield > 3. : trailing on the ground : procumbent < a subalpine species, usually shrubby or prostrate in habit — William Dallimore & A.B.Jackson > Synonyms: see prone II. \ˈpräˌstrāt, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English prostraten to prostrate oneself, from Latin prostratus, past participle of prosternere to prostrate 1. : to throw into a prostrate position : knock down : lay flat < prostrated his opponent with one blow > 2. a. : to extend (oneself) in a prostrate position < half prostrated himself in something between an obeisance and an embrace — Claud Cockburn > b. : to put (oneself) in a humble and submissive posture or state < the whole town had to prostrate itself in official apology — Claudia Cassidy > 3. a. : to reduce to submission or helplessness : render powerless : lay low < the financial panic that had prostrated the East with the suddenness of a natural catastrophe — American Guide Series: Michigan > b. : to subject to an emotional shock : overcome < prostrated with grief > < prostrated by the loss of his wife — C.S.Lewis > c. : to put into a state of extreme bodily exhaustion : debilitate, weaken < prostrated by an attack of bilious fever — E.S.Bates >
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