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pro·cum·bent
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1660年代,生物学中的“无法支撑自己,躺在地上而不发出根”,源自拉丁语 procumbentem(主格 procumbens),现在分词 procumbere “向前倒,俯伏”,由 pro “向前”(见 pro-)和 -cumbere “采取躺姿”,与 cubare “躺下”相关(见 cubicle)。意思是“向前倾斜,躺在脸上”,始于1721年。相关: Procumbently。
伏卧的,俯卧的
Latin procumbent-, procumbens, present participle of procumbere to fall or lean forward, from pro- forward + -cumbere to lie down
The first known use of procumbent was in 1668
procumbentadjective
a slanting forward
procumbent maxillary incisors
1 Stems are procumbent when growing in open places, but erect if growing amidst bushes, often branched, ending in long naked peduncles, varying in length from 1-1/2 to 4 feet.
2 From B. minimus, B. sawrockensis differs in: incisor less procumbent; masseteric ridge extending farther anteriorly; anterior cingulum of m2 slightly larger.
3 Its branches are usually procumbent, about a foot in length, and require, if the plant be kept in a pot, to be tied up to a stick.
4 Incisors not rooted but continuously growing; those of the upper jaw curved and directed downwards; those of the lower straight and procumbent.
5 I apply this name to the genus of Mammalia represented by the anterior extremity of the right ramus, lower jaw, with a single large procumbent incisor.
6 The various species of Vaccinium are of dwarf or procumbent growth, and only suitable for planting in beds, or on rockwork, where they will not be lost sight of.
7 Glabrous; or the young shoots and foliage slightly silky; or sometimes pubescent, or hirsute, with procumbent ascending, or erect stems of one to three feet.
8 Leaves.—Mostly alternate on the flowering stems, but smaller and broader ones often opposite or whorled on the procumbent shoots; linear; smooth.
9 It often originates spontaneously between the common purple lucerne or alfalfa and its wild ally with yellow flowers and procumbent stems, the Medicago falcata.
10 To set it for her Mr. Langton had, as a preliminary, to stoop and drag aside the legs of a reveller procumbent on the floor.
11 Skull: Larger in every measurement taken; premaxillae extended farther posteriorly to nasals; extension of supraoccipital posterior to lambdoidal suture markedly less; tympanic bullae actually as well as relatively smaller; upper incisors longer and more procumbent.
12 "Somewhat unexpectedly, both pairs of premaxillary teeth project anteriorly and laterally at the base, implying a procumbent nature atypical of tylosaurines," the study reads.
13 On the steep bluffs along the river was often a heavy growth of red cedar; and some large areas of procumbent juniper occurred.
14 The results show that the displacements of the procumbent circular tube under lateral impact are mainly local depression around the impact point and the global deformations can be neglected.
实验研究与数值模拟结果表明,砂垫平铺圆管的横向冲击变形主要为冲击点局部凹陷,结构的整体弯曲变形可以忽略。
15 Diagnosis.—Entire animal and skull large; color dark for the species; zygomatic breadth large; upper molars large and upper molar tooth-row relatively long; braincase elongate; auditory meatus relatively small; bullae large; incisors relatively procumbent.
16 Erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers,of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe.
直立到平伏的常青的灌木,有悬浮的白色或粉色的花丛,属于欧洲北部的泥炭藓泥煤沼泽和其他的潮湿的酸性地区。
17 The stems are many from the root, 16 to 18 inches long, ascending or decumbent and prostrate, leafy, glabrous, rooting freely at the lower nodes, especially when procumbent.
18 In reality it is of procumbent habit, with divergent stems like the ordinary Cupid, a fact which can easily be observed by anyone who will watch them grow without the artificial aid of prepared supports.
19 According to Mr. Meehan,* the stems of three species of Euphorbia and of Portulaca oleracea are "normally prostrate or procumbent;" but when they are attacked by an Aecidium, they "assume an erect habit."
20 It is of a procumbent habit, and has a woody nature.