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Recline Lean V Ri'klain 斜倚,躺卧(To Lie 英 V.斜倚,躺卧(Lie

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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