prone
adjective
uk/prəʊn/us/proʊn/proneadjective(TENDING)
be prone tosomething/do something
C2
likelyto show aparticularcharacteristic, usually anegativeone, or to beaffectedby somethingbad, such asdamageor anillness:
I've always been prone toheadaches.我总是容易头疼。
He was prone todepressionevenas ateenager.甚至在青少年时期他就容易情绪抑郁。
She's prone toexaggerate, that's forsure.她喜欢夸大其词，这一点是肯定的。
- Thisstretchofroadis prone tofoggypatches.
- Ourwindowboxeswere prone tovandalism.
- He isratherprone to makingtactlessremarks.
Being & falling ill
- acquire
- be a martyr tosomethingidiom
- be green around the gillsidiom
- be hangingidiom
- be laid upidiom
- break
- bring
- catchyourdeath of coldidiom
- KO
- martyr
- not a hundred percentidiom
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingup
- predisposed
- present
- relapse
- serious
- shiver
- strike
- succumb
proneadjective(LYING DOWN)
formal
lyingfacedown:
俯卧的，趴着的Thephotographshoweda manlyingprone on thepavement, apuddleofbloodaround hishead.这张照片上一名男子趴在人行道上，头部周围有一滩血。
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supine(BODY)formal
Reclining
- crowd-surfing
- fallen
- fetal position
- foetal position
- full-length
- lay
- lean
- lounge around (something)
- prone positioning
- proning
- prostrate
- prostration
- recline
- sink
- sit back
- sprawl
- sprawled
- spreadeagled
- stretch
- stretch(yourself)out
prone
verb[T]
uk/prəʊn/us/proʊn/medicalspecialized
to put someone into apositionin which they arelyingfacedown,especiallyinordertoimprovetheirbreathingandoxygenlevels:
How manypeopledo you need to prone apatient?
In somecases, proning apatientcanremovethe need for intubation.
Reclining
- crowd-surfing
- fallen
- fetal position
- foetal position
- full-length
- lay
- lean
- lounge around (something)
- prone positioning
- proning
- prostrate
- prostration
- recline
- sink
- sit back
- sprawl
- sprawled
- spreadeagled
- stretch
- stretch(yourself)out
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