| 单词 | recline |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ri'klain] |
| 解释 | v. 斜倚,躺卧(to lie down) |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.斜倚,躺卧(lie down) 【记】 re(回)+cline(倾斜, 斜坡) →斜回去→斜靠 |
| 字源 | recline (v.) early 15c., from Old French recliner "rest, lay; bend, lean over" (13c.) and directly from Latin reclinare "to bend back, to lean back; cause to lean," from re- "back, against" (see re-) + clinare "to bend," from PIE *klei-n-, suffixed form of *klei "to lean" (see lean (v.)). Related: Reclined; reclining. Recline is always as strong as lean, and generally stronger, indicating a more completely recumbent position, and approaching lie. [Century Dictionary] |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 使...靠着(使之处于斜倚或被支撑的位置) 【记】re反, cline倾斜一倾斜回去一斜靠 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】re回 + cline 倾斜→向后倾斜; 【相关】decline 下倾,拒绝,incline 倾斜,倾向 recline 向后靠, 斜倚 |
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