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prostrate

/ˈprɑstreɪt/

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1 · adj.

lying flat on the ground, often in submission or exhaustion

俯卧的；匍匐的

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The exhausted runner lay prostrate on the grass.

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筋疲力尽的跑者趴在草地上。

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