English Dictionary

supine

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈs(j)uːpaɪn/

形容詞

比喩的用法 詩語 稀用

Lying on its back. / (figuratively) Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.

日本語の意味

仰向けの、背中を下に向けた状態 / （比喩的に）無関心で行動を起こさず、消極的な、または倫理的な弱さから行動を控える

Exhausted after the climb, the hiker lay supine on the grassy slope, staring up at the sky.

登山で疲れ果てたハイカーは、草の斜面に仰向けに横たわり、空を見上げていた。

意味（1）

Lying on its back.

Data, in part previously reported by this laboratory (2, 9), on the effects of mannitol loads in supine subjects, and of saline infusions in both supine and standing subjects, have also been used in the construction of Table III and Figures 1 and 2.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.

[W]hen Man was fallen, and had abandoned his primitive Innocence, … he became puſillanimous, and was eaſily ruffled with every little Paſſion within: ſupine, and as openly expoſed to any Temptation or Aſſault from without.

意味（3）

(rare, now poetic) Inclining or leaning backward; inclined, sloping.

But if the Vine / On riſing Ground be plac'd, or Hills ſupine, / Extend thy looſe Battalions largely wide, / Opening thy Ranks and Files on either Side: …

more supine （ comparative ）

most supine （ superlative ）