Recumbent



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 侧卧的; 休息的
• ［英］ adj. 侧卧的 ( lying down; prone) ; 休息的 ( resting)
• ［类］ 反义词: standing up ( 站立的)
• ［记］ re ( 重新) +cumb ( 躺) +ent -> 斜靠的;
• ［同］ 参考: incumbent ( 任职者)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin recumbent-, recumbens, present participle of recumbere to lie down, from re- + -cumbere to lie down; akin to Latin cubare to lie
• Date: 1705
• 1.
  • a. suggestive of repose ; leaning, resting
  • b. lying down
• 2. representing a person lying down <a recumbent statue>
• Synonyms: see prone

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