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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

decumbent

/dih-kuhm-buhnt/US // dɪˈkʌm bənt //UK // (dɪˈkʌmbənt) //

在职者,颓废者,颓废的人,在职

Related Words

flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的horizontal横向,水平,水平的,卧式prone俯卧撑,倾向于,俯卧撑的,俯卧的prostrate匍匐前进,平卧,匍匐前行,匍匐reclining躺着的,躺着,躺下,躺下的recumbent卧床,卧铺,卧床不起,卧床休息accumbent现任,执政者,现任的,现任者

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lying down; recumbent.
    • : Botany. lying or trailing on the ground with the extremity tending to ascend.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.lying down
Synonyms
accumbent现任,执政者,现任的,现任者flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的horizontal横向,水平,水平的,卧式prone俯卧撑,倾向于,俯卧撑的,俯卧的prostrate匍匐前进,平卧,匍匐前行,匍匐reclining躺着的,躺着,躺下,躺下的recumbent卧床,卧铺,卧床不起,卧床休息

Examples

  • The frond is long and narrow, and rarely rises erect, but usually is decumbent or reclined in position.

  • In this case the mule was found decumbent on a concrete floor.

  • These root-like fibres then branch out, sending out straight or decumbent articulated stems.

  • “A. elymoides,” weeping Mitchell grass; plant decumbent, the stems several feet long.

  • Some are attached by the whole length of the shell, they are then said to be decumbent.

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