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词汇 prostrate
释义 prostrate
adjective
uk /ˈprɒs.treɪt/ us /ˈprɑː.streɪt/

prostrateadjective (LYING)


lying with the face down and arms stretched out, especially as a sign of respect or worship(尤指因顺从或拜神而)俯卧的,匍伏的,拜倒的
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Reclining
crowd-surfing
fallen
fetal position
foetal position
full-length
lay
lean
lie
lounge around (something)
prone
prone positioning
proning
prostration
repose
sink
sink into something
sit back
sprawl
sprawled
stretch

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Worshipping a god

prostrateadjective (VERY TIRED)


(alsoprostrated)
having lost all strength or all determination because of an illness or an extremely bad experience: 衰竭的;一蹶不振的;筋疲力尽的
A woman, prostrate with grief, lay wailing on the ground.一个妇女悲痛欲绝,伏地痛哭。
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Tired and making tired
all in
anti-fatigue
at your worstidiom
be dead on your feetidiom
be fit/ready to dropidiom
finish something off
fit to dropidiom
fragile
gassed
haggard
knackered
shell-shocked
sleep deprivation
sleep-deprived
sleepily
sleepiness
sleepy
strung out
yawningly
zonked
prostrate
verb
uk /prɒsˈtreɪt/ us /ˈprɑː.streɪt/
 prostrate yourself
to lie with the face down and arms stretched out, especially as a sign of respect or worship(尤指因顺从或拜神而)俯卧,匍伏,拜倒
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Physical gestures of respect
bow
bow down
bow your head
chest bump
curtsy
curtsy to someone
dap
dap someone up
doff
elbow bump
fistbump
genuflect
handshake
high five
kowtow
prostration
salaam
salute
take a bow
vail

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Religious practices

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prostration

prostrate | American Dictionary


prostrate
adjective
us/ˈprɑs·treɪt/
lying flat with the face down:
She lay there prostrate, exhausted after a long day's work.

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prostrate
The internal market in services, especially the financial services, is something that we have been prostrated on for some time.
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My submission is that the bright children are not necessarily the prostrated, over-stressed children.
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A kora is performed by walking or repeatedly prostrating oneself.
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There they prostrated before the images and prayed.
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She possessed the "kapu moe" (prostrating taboo) which required commoners to fall to their face on the ground at her presence.
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The people prostrated before the saint crying out to protect them.
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He prostrated before the lord and then went back to his fort.
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All the members of the family pray to the goddess by throwing rice and prostrating themselves before the image.
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On hearing this all the monkeys bowed and prostrated themselves, not daring to disobey.
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Reptiles can not survive at this temperature and lizards will be prostrated by heat at.
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He gave the respectful welcome by prostrating before the saint and served the royal banquet with full of hospitality.
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As a token of his penitence for his war against his father he prostrated himself naked on the floor before a crucifix.
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Then after a while, he would see these same statues in the temple and people prostrating in front of them.
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Stems are generally prostrated except for the upright flowering stalk.
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There is no observance of hierarchy of ruler and minister nor the rite of prostrating oneself with one's palms pressed together.
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