Recline



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.斜倚, 躺卧
• ［英］ v.斜倚, 躺卧 ( lie down)
• ［记］ re ( 回) +cline ( 倾斜, 斜坡) -> 斜回去 -> 斜靠

Webster Collegiate

verb (reclined; reclining)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French recliner, from Latin reclinare, from re- + clinare to bend — more at lean
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • to cause or permit to incline backwards
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to lean or incline backwards
  • 2. repose, lie

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