supine 的 2 个定义
- lying on the back, face or front upward.
- inactive, passive, or inert, especially from indolence or indifference.
- having the palm upward.
- a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”
- the simple infinitive of a verb preceded by to.
- an analogous form in some other language.
supine 近义词
lying down
inactive
更多supine例句
- As an assistant director shouted out instructions in Hindi and English, Kashyap had a word with his lead actress, who was lying supine on a bed in a blue hospital gown.
- Metz tells the story of how this unlikely entrepreneur, traveling supine in buses and trains, engineered a bidding war for a company that had no product or employees and was finally sold to Google for $44 million.
- In effect, an overreaching administration and a supine FISC are ginning up a secret constitution.
- On closer examination, this is not the hand of a supine victim.
- A fur seal stands upright on his fore flippers, a hair seal lies supine.
- The supine position, as in the adult, is imposed only at night.
- She sat back in her chair, gazing up the darkening river, her hands lying supine on her knees.
- A burst of criticism followed from England; press and politicians joined in denouncing the blind and supine colonials.
- Unfortunately, the supine ignorance of the fair sex in Sarrio made these ingenious modes of communication null and void.