| 单词 | prone |
| 释义 | prone prone1 —pronely, adv. —proneness, n. /prohn/, adj. 1. having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable: to be prone to anger. 2. having the front or ventral part downward; lying face downward. 3. lying flat; prostrate. 4. having a downward direction or slope. 5. having the palm downward, as the hand. [1350-1400; ME < L pronus turned or leaning forward, inclined downward, disposed, prone] Syn. 1. apt, subject, tending. 3. recumbent. prone2 /prohn/, n. a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated. [1660-70; < F prône grill, grating (separating chancel from nave); so called because notices and addresses were delivered there] |
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