supine: [15] Supine means literally ‘lying on one’s back’. It comes from Latin supīnus. This was derived from a prehistoric base *sup- ‘up’ which also produced Latin super ‘above, over’ (and summus, source of English sum), so the word’s etymological meaning is presumably ‘with the front of one’s body upwards’. The metaphorical sense ‘inactive’ evolved in Latin. The origins of the use of supine as a noun, to designate a type of ‘verbal noun’, are not known.
supine (adj.)
c. 1500, "lying on the back," from Latin supinus "bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back," figuratively "inactive, indolent," from PIE *(s)up- (see sub-). The grammatical use for "Latin verbal noun formed from the past participle stem" (mid-15c.) is from Late Latin supinum verbum "supine verb," perhaps so called because, though furnished with a noun case ending, it "falls back" on the verb. Related: Supinely.
supine 英文释义
1. lying face upward
2. offering no resistance;
"resistless hostages"
"No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
supine 双语例句
1. I lay supine on the poolside grass.
我仰面躺在游泳池边的草地上。
来自柯林斯例句
2. John is obedient and supine.
约翰顺从而因循.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. He always sleeps in a supine position.
他总是仰卧而睡.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. He may be turned from side to supine to prone position.
他可以从侧卧位转成仰卧位或俯卧位.
来自辞典例句
5. Sebastian had been supine on the sunny seat in the colonnade, as he was now.
在柱廊里, 塞巴斯蒂安就象现在这样仰卧在洒满阳光的位子上.
来自辞典例句
supine 实用场景例句
a supine position
仰卧姿势
牛津词典
...bedridden persons confined to the supine position.
那些只能平躺在床上的久病不起的人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...a statue of a supine dog.
一只仰卧姿势的狗的雕像
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...a willing and supine executive.
一个为人和气、得过且过的主管
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Place client supine position.
将病人置于仰卧位.
期刊摘选
The decubitus positions are used if there is overlying bowel gas in the supine position.
如果仰卧位上有肠道气体,则可以采用卧位.
期刊摘选
Patient position: axial coronal and oblique sagittal, supine, prone.
