资料来源 : pyDict
平伏,跪倒,疲劳,虚脱
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Prostration \Pros*tra"tion\, n. [L. prostratio: cf. F.
prostration.]
1. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as,
the prostration of the body.
2. The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or
adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but
usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and
worship.
A greater prostration of reason than of body.
--Shak.
3. The condition of being prostrate; great depression;
lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits. ``A
sudden prostration of strength.'' --Arbuthnot.
4. (Med.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital
energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
Note: Prostration, in its medical use, is analogous to the
state of a spring lying under such a weight that it is
incapable of action; while exhaustion is analogous to
the state of a spring deprived of its elastic powers.
The word, however, is often used to denote any great
depression of the vital powers.
资料来源 : WordNet®
prostration
n 1: a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness
caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
[syn: {heat exhaustion}, {heat prostration}]
2: abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating
your body
3: the act of assuming a prostrate position