Recumbent Lie Lying Adjective Recumbere Latin Re·Cum·Bent Recumbens

re·cum·bent
\\-bənt\\ adjective1.
  a. suggestive of repose :

leaning

,

resting

  b. lying down
2. representing a person lying down
    a recumbent statue
Synonyms: see

recumbent
  1642 (implied in recumbency), from L. recumbentem (nom. recumbens), prp. of recumbere "to recline," from re- "back" + -cumbere "to lie down," related to cubare "be lying" (see cubicle). A verb, recumb, has been attempted in Eng. occasionally since 1677.

recumbent
re·cum·bent / ri5kQmbEnt / adjective [usually before noun]
   (formal) (of a person's body or position 人的身体或姿势) lying down
   躺倒的；躺着的
   SYN 

reclining

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re·cum·bent
I. \-nt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin recumbent-, recumbens, present participle of recumbere
: one that is recumbent
II. adjective
Etymology: Latin recumbent-, recumbens, present participle of recumbere to lie back, lie down, recline, from re- + -cumbere to lie down (akin to Latin cubare to lie down) — more at
1.
 a. : suggestive of repose : ,
  < comfortably recumbent against a fallen tree >
 b. : having a horizontal position : lying down
  < the horse who was now recumbent with one of my legs under him — Siegfried Sassoon >
  < the pulse may be as rapid in the recumbent as in the standing posture — F.A.Faught >
 c. : representing a person lying down
2. biology : of or relating to structures which tend to rest upon the surface from which they extend
Synonyms: see
III. adjective
: having the seat positioned so that the rider's legs are extended horizontally forward and the body is reclined

 < a recumbent bicycle >