supine
adjective
uk/ˈsuː.paɪn//ˈsjuː.paɪn/us/ˈsuː.paɪn/supineadjective(BODY)
formal
(lying)flatonyourback,lookingup:
仰卧的Wewalkedalong thebeach, past therowsof supinebodiessoakingup thesun.我们沿着海滩漫步，一路上到处都是一排排仰卧在海滩上晒太阳的人。
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proneadjective(LYING DOWN)formal
Reclining
- crowd-surfing
- fallen
- fetal position
- foetal position
- full-length
- lay
- lean
- lounge around (something)
- prone
- prone positioning
- proning
- prostrate
- prostration
- sink
- sink intosomething
- sit back
- sprawl
- sprawled
- spreadeagled
- stretch
supineadjective(CHARACTER)
disapproving
If you are supine, you areweakandwillingtoacceptthecontrolofothers:
软弱的，易受他人控制的The newdirectorhasintroducedaseriesofchangesagainst littleoppositionfrom the supinestaff.新任主管进行了一系列改革，并没有遭到软弱消极的员工多少反对。
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebbidiom
- be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
- besomeone'spoodleidiom
- brittle
- helplessly
- helplessness
- house of cardsidiom
- human
- impotence
- sitting target
- soft target
- submissive
- submissively
- submissiveness
- watery
- wetness
- wimpy
- wonky
- wuss