prostrate

[US]/ˈprɒstreɪt/
[UK]/ˈprɑːstreɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. liggende på maven; overvældet eller hjælpeløs
vt. at lægge fladt, at gøre hjælpeløs
Word Forms
Past Tenseprostrated
Third Person Singularprostrates
Pluralprostrates
Present Participleprostrating
Past Participleprostrated

Phrases & Collocations

fall prostrate

falde ned i tilbedelse

prostrate oneself

ligge ned i tilbedelse

prostrate in worship

ligge ned i tilbedelse

Example Sentences

be prostrate with grief

være knæfaldt af sorg

She was prostrate on the floor.

Hun lå nedbøjet på gulvet.

be prostrated by the heat

være nedbøjet af varmen

one who is already prostrate cannot be overthrown.

En person, der allerede er liggende, kan ikke vælte.

his wife was prostrate with shock.

hans kone var nedbøjet af chok.

prostrate onself before sb.

nedlægge sig for nogen

He was prostrated by illness.

Han var nedbøjet af sygdom.

They prostrated themselves before the emperor.

De nedlagde sig for kejseren.

she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church.

hun nedlagde sig på det bare gulv i kirken.

Sickness often prostrates people.

Sygdom knæfæld ofte mennesker.

He was prostrated by the loss of his wife.

Han var nedbøjet af tabet af sin kone.

A root arising from the node of a prostrate stem.

En rod der udspringer fra knuden af en liggende stængel.

They prostrated themselves before the altar.

De nedlagde sig foran alteret.

The typhoon prostrated numerous young trees.

Tyfonen knækkede adskillige unge træer.

she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed.

Hun var så lænet af migræne, at hun knap kunne vakle op ad trappen til at sove.

The young mother was prostrate with grief at her baby's death from pneumonia.

Den unge mor var knæfaldt af sorg over hendes barns død af lungebetændelse.

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