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单词 recumbent
释义
recumbent
adjective
uk
/rɪˈkʌm.bənt/us
/rɪˈkʌm.bənt/

recumbentadjective(LYING DOWN)

literary
lyingdown orleaningback so you arealmostlyingdown:
Shelookedat Timothy's recumbentformbeside her.她看着躺在自己身边的蒂莫西。
Ifoundhimseatedin a recumbentpositionon thebank.
More examples
  • Shedughertoesin thesheets, beforeassuminga recumbentposture.
  • On thesidesof thetombbearingthe recumbentstatueof thedukearecarved41figures.
  • Eachadvertshowsa differentteenager, recumbent on asofa.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Reclining
  • crowd-surfing
  • fallen
  • fetal position
  • foetal position
  • full-length
  • lay
  • lean
  • lounge around (something)
  • prone
  • prone positioning
  • proning
  • prostrate
  • prostration
  • sink
  • sit back
  • sprawl
  • sprawled
  • spreadeagled
  • stretch
  • stretch(yourself)out
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recumbentadjective(WITH BACK SUPPORT)

used to refer to atypeofbicyclethat has apartat the back that you canleanback on whenriding:
She'swalkingnow, andridinga recumbentexercisebike.
Reclined recumbentcyclescanhelpalleviatesome of theachesandpainsassociatedwithrecreationalriding.
More examples
  • Mostpeoplein the U. S. have neverheardof a recumbenttrike.
  • There are severaltypesofstationarybikes,includinguprightbikesthattendtoflexthecoremusclesand recumbentbikesthatprovidemore backsupport.
  • I'mlookingforwardto thedayswhen mypartneris up tofrontseatingthe recumbenttandemand I canknitandride.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bicycles
  • backie
  • backpedal
  • balance bike
  • bicycling
  • bike path
  • bike rack
  • BMX
  • chopper
  • cycle rack
  • freight bike
  • handlebar
  • keirin
  • kickstand
  • mountain bike
  • mountain biker
  • penny-farthing
  • pushbike
  • saddle
  • skibob
  • tandem
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(Definition ofrecumbentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
recumbent
adjective
literary
uk
/rɪˈkʌm.bənt/us
/rɪˈkʌm.bənt/
lyingdown
躺着的；躺倒的
Shelookedat Timothy's recumbentformbeside her.她看着躺在自己身边的蒂莫西。

Examplesofrecumbent

recumbent
A few metre-scalerecumbentfolds with axial plane schistosity have been observed in the fine-grained layers from the lower part of the section.
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The measurements included weight,recumbentlength (up to 2 years), height (2 years inclusive and older) and head circumference.
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Their axial planes are inclined torecumbentand asymptotic to bedding.
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Adopting arecumbentposition may relieve the headache of sinus disease and so these headaches are less prominent at night than during the day.
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The book shows several ancientsrecumbenton sofas.
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He argues that certainrecumbentfigures are, ' archetypes of trancers ', even though they are comparatively rare (p. 73).
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Until about mid-century, picturing a manrecumbentwas a way to make him effeminate, a juxtaposition strikingly revealed in a political cartoon from roughly 1838.
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Patients were positioned in a supine or leftrecumbentposition.
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A jugular venous hum always disappears in dierecumbentposition and should, therefore, never be confused with a continuous murmur from a duct.
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The first phase of deformation discerned is characterized byrecumbentfolds.
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Recumbentfolds, with large (kilometre) amplitudes and wavelengths, and an axial planar foliation, herald an event that was associated with amphibolite facies metamorphism.
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After an overnight fast, venous blood samples were taken from the right antecubital vein ofrecumbentsubjects.
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In detail, the western and central parts of the belt contain upright to moderately inclined folds, while its eastern part is deformed into inclined andrecumbentfolds.
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Subjects wererecumbentand an intravenous line was started at 8.30 a. m. in an antecubital vein, which was maintained patent with a slow, normal saline drip.
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That is,recumbent-type machines upon which cyclists appear to be riding on their backs while going along the streets.
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