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- (especially of a person or effigy) lying down（尤指人或雕像）躺着的, 卧姿的：
recumbent statues.
卧像。
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- (of a plant) growing close to the ground:（植物）贴地生长的, 平卧的：
recumbent shrubs.
平卧灌木。
- a type of bicycle designed to be ridden lying almost flat on one's back背倚式自行车。
派生词
recumbency
nounrecumbently
adverb词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin recumbent- 'reclining', from the verb recumbere, from re- 'back' + a verb related to cubare 'to lie'.