prostrate

prostrate

英 ['prɒstreɪt]
　　美 ['prɑstret]

adj. 俯臥的；拜倒的；降伏的；沮喪的
　　vt. 使…屈服；將…弄倒；使…俯伏

中文詞源：

prostrate 俯伏，拜倒

來自拉丁語prostratus,俯伏的，來自prosternere,俯伏，拜倒，來自pro-,向前，sternere,展開，張開，詞源同stratum,structure.

例句：

1. Immediately after my father's death my stepmother was prostrate.
我父親死後，我的繼母一下就垮瞭。

2. Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.
珀西閉著眼四仰八叉地平躺著。

3. I was prostrate with grief.
我當時痛不欲生。

4. They fell prostrate in worship.
他們拜倒在地。

5. She was prostrate on the floor.
她俯臥在地板上.