单词 | recumbent |
释义 | recumbent —recumbency, recumbence, n. —recumbently, adv. /ri kum"beuhnt/, adj. 1. lying down; reclining; leaning. 2. inactive; idle. 3. Zool. , Bot. noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin. n. 4. a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc. [1765-75; < L recumbent- (s. of recumbens), prp. of recumbere to lie back, equiv. to re- RE- + cumb-, akin to cubare to lie down + -ent- -ENT] Syn. 1. prone, supine; prostrate; inclined. |
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