Wordiyoprostrate
🇬🇧 UK/'prɒstreit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
v.
To lie flat face-down, especially in submission or worship; to cause someone to be helpless or overwhelmed.
俯伏，拜倒；使倒下，使衰竭
adj.
Lying flat, face-down; emotionally or physically overwhelmed and unable to act.
俯卧的，拜倒的；精疲力竭的，沮丧不堪的
🧩 Root Breakdown
prostrateother
=prostrate
Common Collocations
- 1.prostrate oneself俯伏叩拜／匍匐在地
- 2.lie prostrate俯卧
- 3.prostrate with grief悲痛欲绝
- 4.[prostrate before]拜倒在……面前
Example Sentences
- 1.
The pilgrims prostrated themselves before the altar in deep reverence.
- 2.
She was prostrate with grief after hearing the devastating news.
- 3.
The exhausted soldiers lay prostrate on the ground after the long march.