prone

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pɹəʊn/    美 /pɹoʊn/|/pɹəʉn/|/pɹɐʉn/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To place in a prone position, to place face down.
形容词 adj.
  1. Lying face-down.
    — prone position
  2. Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
    — The hand is in the prone position typically when using a keyboard; and the forearm is then also in the prone position; when the foot is resting on the inner side of the sole, it is in the prone position.
  3. Having a downward inclination or slope.
  4. Shooting from a position while lying down.
  5. Predisposed, liable, inclined, given (to something) (most often, specifically to being befallen by an unsought bad outcome, rather than to undertaking a willful behavior or to having a happy accident). figuratively
    — prone to failure

词形变化

proner comparative more prone comparative pronest superlative most prone superlative prones present,singular,third-person proning participle,present proned participle,past proned past

词汇关系

近义词
neveling nuel
反义词
supine
衍生词
accident-prone atheroprone error-prone fault-prone flood-prone floodprone gossip-prone injury-prone overprone pronate pronation -prone prone-bone proned proneness prone position prone positioning prone to proning semiprone unprone

词源

词源 1
From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).
词源 2
From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).
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