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prone 音标拼音: [pr'on] a. 倾斜的,有…倾向的,易于…的 倾斜的,有…倾向的,易於…的 prone adj 1: having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone" 2: lying face downward [synonym: {prone}, {prostrate}] Prone \Prone\, a. [L. pronus, akin to Gr. ?, ?, Skr. pravana sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for. See {Pro-}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Bending forward; inclined; not erect. [1913 Webster] Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to {supine}. [1913 Webster] Which, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all things prone. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 3. Headlong; running downward or headlong. "Down thither prone in flight." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level. [1913 Webster] Since the floods demand, For their descent, a prone and sinking land. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster] 5. Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to. "Prone to mischief." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. --Landor. [1913 Webster] 131 Moby Thesaurus words for "prone":
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