prostrate

prostrate

意味(日本語)

ひれ伏した、倒れた、敗北した ◇L.pro(=前に)+sternere(=打ち倒す)

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意味(英語)

  • (verb-transitive) To put or throw flat with the face down, as in submission or adoration: "He did not simply sit and meditate, he also knelt down, sometimes even prostrated himself” ( Iris Murdoch).
  • (verb-transitive) To cause to lie flat: The wind prostrated the young trees.
  • (verb-transitive) To reduce to extreme weakness or incapacitation; overcome: an illness that prostrated an entire family; a nation that was prostrated by years of civil war.
  • (adjective) Lying face down, as in submission or adoration.
  • (adjective) Lying flat or at full length.

例文

  • By the way, avoid some embarrassment by not confusing prostate, which can be inflamed enough to knock you to the floor, with the word prostrate, which means you are lying flat on the floor.

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consternate

consternate

(受動態で)ぎょうてんさせる

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consternation

consternation

(びっくり)ぎょうてん

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prostration

prostration

平伏、屈従、衰弱

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stratification

stratification

層化、(社会)階層化、地層

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stratify

stratify

層にする、(社)階層化する

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stratum

stratum

地層、(社)階級 ◇L.sternere(=撒き散らす、広げる、おおう)

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superstratum

superstratum

(地)上層、表層、(言語)上層言語(一時的に語彙で優勢な言語)

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strata

strata

stratumの複数形

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street

street

通り ◇L.sternere(=舗装する)、注.(語源は同じ)

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boulevard

boulevard

広い並木街路、大通り

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