資料來源 : pyDict

平伏,跪倒,疲勞,虛脫

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prostration \Pros*tra"tion\, n. [L. prostratio: cf. F.
   prostration.]
   1. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as,
      the prostration of the body.

   2. The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or
      adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but
      usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and
      worship.

            A greater prostration of reason than of body.
                                                  --Shak.

   3. The condition of being prostrate; great depression;
      lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits. ``A
      sudden prostration of strength.'' --Arbuthnot.

   4. (Med.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital
      energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.

   Note: Prostration, in its medical use, is analogous to the
         state of a spring lying under such a weight that it is
         incapable of action; while exhaustion is analogous to
         the state of a spring deprived of its elastic powers.
         The word, however, is often used to denote any great
         depression of the vital powers.

資料來源 : WordNet®

prostration
     n 1: a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness
          caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
          [syn: {heat exhaustion}, {heat prostration}]
     2: abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating
        your body
     3: the act of assuming a prostrate position