Recline
[rɪ'klaɪn]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
(v. i.) To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
(v. i.) To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
(v. t.) Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining.
校對:伍德罗
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Lean.
v. n. [1]. Lean, bear.[2]. Couch, lie, lie down, be recumbent.[3]. Rest, repose.
校對:佩德罗
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Lean, slope, rest, lie, repose
ANT:Erect, raise, rise, stand
戴维斯整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to lean or bend backwards: to lean to or on one side.—v.i. to lean: to rest or repose.—adjs. Recline′ (Milt.) leaning; Reclined′ (bot.) same as Reclinate.—n. Reclī′ner.—adj. Reclī′ning (bot.) bending away from the perpendicular: recumbent.—ns. Reclī′ning-board a board on which persons recline to gain erectness to the figure; Reclī′ning-chair an invalid's chair.
手打:珀西瓦尔
例句/造句/用法:
- I will recline and dictate. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- And to see the old dowager making her recline on a couch, and 'my son John' prohibiting excitement, etcetera--faugh! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Lady Brackenstall was reclining on the same couch, but looked brighter than before. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- However, there I was, reclining, with my art-treasures about me, and wanting a quiet morning. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The constable looked as wise as he could, and took up his staff of office: which had been reclining indolently in the chimney-corner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- A tall, dark-eyed, sallow woman, half rose from a couch on which she was reclining. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Why,' said he, 'there was nothing suspicious; but--I don't know how it happened, mind--she certainly was reclining in his arms. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I felt some uneasiness in a reclining posture. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Eustacia did not recognize Mrs. Yeobright in the reclining figure, nor Clym as one of the standers-by till she came close. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- She was sitting near the window, with her head reclined on her hand, and appeared more than usually pensive. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- She reclined, propped up, from mere habit, on a couch: as nearly in her old usual attitude, as anything so helpless could be kept in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- She reclined over the garden gate as if to refresh herself awhile. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Mr and Mrs Sparkler had been dining alone, with their gloom cast over them, and Mrs Sparkler reclined on a drawing-room sofa. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Brilliant cloths of many hues and strange patterns formed the soft cushion covering of the dais upon which they reclined about her. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Reclined at length on a couch, in her new apartment, Fanny's spirits appeared so much improved as to encourage hopes which had become extinct. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Fanny was sitting on the sofa with her head reclined on the pillow. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- She reclines her bosom on the ridge of Stilbro' Moor; her mighty hands are joined beneath it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- My Lady reclines in her chair composedly, though with a trifle less of graceful ease than usual perhaps, and never falters in her steady gaze. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She rises from table, takes a lounging-chair, and reclines in it, shading her face. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
手打:路德维格