Word · Frequency #21819
supine
仰卧的
lying face upward
- 1.
Lying on its back.
仰卧的；背朝下的。
- 2.
Turned facing toward the body or upward: with the thumb outward (palm up), or with the big toe raised relative to the little toe.
朝向身体或向上的:拇指朝外(掌心向上),或大脚趾相对小脚趾抬高。
- 3.
Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.
因冷漠或道德软弱而不愿采取行动的；对某事冷漠或被动的。
仰卧的；背朝下的。；朝向身体或向上的:拇指朝外(掌心向上),或大脚趾相对小脚趾抬高。；因冷漠或道德软弱而不愿采取行动的；对某事冷漠或被动的。；掌心向上的；懒散的；[医] 仰卧的
In use
After the yoga class, she lay supine on the mat, breathing slowly.
The patient was placed in a supine position for the examination.
He lay supine on the grass, staring at the clouds.
be supine
be supine 表示仰卧的状态，多用于医疗或正式描述。
The patient was supine during the examination.
检查期间病人仰卧着。
lie supine
lie supine 强调保持仰卧姿势，常见于医疗、放松或描述动作后的状态。
She lay supine on the yoga mat, breathing slowly.
她仰卧在瑜伽垫上，缓慢呼吸。
supine + noun
supine position 是固定说法，指仰卧位；supine 也可引申为“懒散的、消极的”，如 a supine attitude。
Connections
Collocations
- supine position
- 仰卧姿势
- The patient was placed in a supine position.患者被置于仰卧姿势。
- lie supine
- 仰卧
- He lay supine on the grass, staring at the sky.他仰卧在草地上，凝视着天空。
- supine pose
- 仰卧式
- The yoga instructor asked us to hold the supine pose for five breaths.瑜伽教练让我们保持仰卧式五个呼吸。
- supine patient
- 仰卧的病人
- The supine patient complained of dizziness.那位仰卧的病人抱怨头晕。
- supine acceptance
- 被动接受
- Many people criticized the government's supine acceptance of the new policy.许多人批评政府对这项新政策的被动接受。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 supine 想成“舒平”：舒舒服服仰面躺平，掌心朝天。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：medical/anatomical description、patient positioning、formal written description supine（仰卧的）多用于医学、解剖学或正式书面描述；日常口语中更常说 lying face up 或 on one's back。
Grammar Note
作形容词时无复数；常用于正式或医学术语，表示仰卧姿势或消极被动状态。
Pronunciation & Spelling
supine 的重读部分读作 /paɪn/，因此 pine、spine、line、shine、fine 都与它押韵；但 super 拼写看似相近，却读作 /ˈsuːpər/，与 supine 不押韵，要注意区分。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.