procumbent
英 [prə(ʊ)'kʌmb(ə)nt]
美 [pro'kʌmbənt]
英文词源
- procumbent (adj.)
- "leaning forward," 1660s, from Latin procumbentem (nominative procumbens), present participle of procumbere "to fall forward, fall prostrate," from pro "forward" (see pro-) + -cumbere "to lie down" (see succumb). Related: Procumbently.