- 1易於...的、傾向於...的（prone to）；俯臥的（身體姿勢）
'Prone to' something means likely to do it or suffer from it often, usually something bad — 'accident-prone' means you have accidents a lot. On its own, 'prone' also has a completely different, physical meaning: lying flat on your front, face down.
From the word’s history
From Middle English prone, from Latin prōnus 'turned forward, inclined', from prō 'forward'.
源自拉丁文 prōnus「向前傾的」，來自 prō「向前」。
組成From Latin "pronus," meaning bent forward or leaning down.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
proneadj/pɹəʊn/
- 1
Lying face-down.
- prone position
- But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
- 2
Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
- The hand is in the prone position typically when using a keyboard; and the forearm is then also in the prone position; when the foot is resting on the inner side of the sole, it is in the prone position.
- 3
Having a downward inclination or slope.
- 4
governmentmilitarypoliticsShooting from a position while lying down.
- 5
Predisposed, liable, inclined, given (to something) (most often, specifically to being befallen by an unsought bad outcome, rather than to undertaking a willful behavior or to having a happy accident).
- prone to failure
- Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted; / Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone, / Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited / To any sensual feast with thee alone: […]
proneverb/pɹəʊn/
- 1
medicinesciencesTo place in a prone position, to place face down.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- Prome
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