procumbent的意思

procumbent

英式音标[pro'kʌmbənt]
美式英标[prə(ʊ)'kʌmb(ə)nt]

基本解释

adj. [植] 匍匐的；平伏的；伏卧的

英文词源

procumbent (adj.): "leaning forward," 1660s, from Latin procumbentem (nominative procumbens), present participle of procumbere "to fall forward, fall prostrate," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + -cumbere "to lie down" (see succumb). Related: Procumbently.

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