su·pine /ˈsuˌpaɪn/
(a.)仰臥的,掌心向上的,懶散的
su·pine /sʊˈpaɪn, ˈsuˌpaɪn/ 形容詞
(拉supinus)仰臥的,旋後的
Su·pine a.
1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.
2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
If the vine
On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. --Dryden.
3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation. --Woodward.
Syn: -- Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy.
-- Su*pine*ly, adv. -- Su*pine*ness, n.
Su·pine n. Lat. Gram. A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.
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supine
adj 1: lying face upward [syn: resupine]
2: offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other
colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in
allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly
harried"- Theodore Roosevelt [syn: resistless, unresisting]