prone 音標拼音: [pr'on]
a . 傾斜的,有…傾向的,易于…的
傾斜的,有…傾向的,易於…的
prone adj 1 :
having a tendency (
to );
often used in combination ; "
a child prone to mischief "; "
failure -
prone "
2 :
lying face downward [
synonym : {
prone }, {
prostrate }]
Prone \
Prone \,
a . [
L .
pronus ,
akin to Gr . ?, ?,
Skr .
pravana sloping ,
inclined ,
and also to L .
pro forward ,
for .
See {
Pro -}.]
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1 .
Bending forward ;
inclined ;
not erect .
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Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone . --
Milton .
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2 .
Prostrate ;
flat ;
esp .,
lying with the face down ; --
opposed to {
supine }.
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Which ,
as the wind ,
Blew where it listed ,
laying all things prone .
--
Byron .
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3 .
Headlong ;
running downward or headlong . "
Down thither prone in flight ." --
Milton .
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4 .
Sloping ,
with reference to a line or surface ;
declivous ;
inclined ;
not level .
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Since the floods demand ,
For their descent ,
a prone and sinking land .
--
Blackmore .
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5 .
Inclined ;
propense ;
disposed ; --
applied to the mind or affections ,
usually in an ill sense .
Followed by to .
"
Prone to mischief ." --
Shak .
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Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy . --
Landor .
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131 Moby Thesaurus words for "
prone ":
accumbent ,
acquiescent ,
agreeable ,
alacritous ,
amenable ,
answerable for ,
apt ,
apt to ,
ardent ,
bent ,
calculated to ,
capable of ,
compliant ,
consenting ,
content ,
cooperative ,
couchant ,
couche ,
crawling ,
crouched ,
crouching ,
debased ,
decumbent ,
deferential ,
dependent on ,
depressed ,
disposed ,
disposed to ,
dispositioned ,
docile ,
draped ,
eager ,
enthusiastic ,
exposed ,
exposed to ,
fain ,
favorable ,
favorably disposed ,
favorably inclined ,
flat ,
forward ,
game ,
given ,
given to ,
groveling ,
horizontal ,
in danger of ,
in the mind ,
in the mood ,
incident to ,
inclined ,
inclined to ,
knee -
high ,
knocked flat ,
laid low ,
leaning ,
level ,
liable ,
liable to ,
likely ,
likely to ,
lolling ,
lounging ,
low ,
low -
built ,
low -
hung ,
low -
level ,
low -
leveled ,
low -
lying ,
low -
set ,
low -
statured ,
lying ,
lying down ,
minded ,
minded to ,
naked to ,
neap ,
obeisant ,
obliged to ,
obnoxious ,
obsequious ,
on bended knee ,
open ,
open to ,
pliant ,
predisposed ,
predisposed to ,
procumbent ,
prompt ,
prone to ,
prostrate ,
quick ,
ready ,
ready and willing ,
ready for ,
ready to ,
receptive ,
reclining ,
recumbent ,
reposing ,
responsible for ,
responsive ,
resupine ,
runty ,
sensitive ,
servile ,
short ,
sprawled ,
sprawling ,
spread ,
squat ,
squatty ,
standing to ,
stooped ,
stumpy ,
subject ,
subject to ,
subservient ,
supine ,
susceptible ,
susceptive to ,
tending ,
tractable ,
unelevated ,
well -
disposed ,
well -
inclined ,
willed ,
willing ,
willinghearted ,
within range of ,
zealous
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