English-Thai Dictionary

prostration

N การ หมดกำลัง  tiredness weariness kan-mod-kam-lang

 

prostration

N การ หมอบ ราบ  การ ยอมแพ้  surrender downfall kan-mob-rab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROSTRATION

n.The act of throwing down or laying flat; as the prostration of the body, of trees or of corn. 1. The act of falling down, or the act of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but it is now used for kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship.
2. Great depression; dejection; as a prostration of spirits.
3. Great loss of natural strength and vigor; that state of the body in disease in which the system is passive and requires powerful stimulants to excite it into action.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROSTRATION

Pros *tra "tion, n. Etym: [L. prostratio: cf. F. prostration. ]

 

1. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

 

2. The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship. A greater prostration of reason than of body. Shak.

 

3. The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits. "A sudden prostration of strength. " Arbuthnot.

 

4. (Med. )

 

Defn: A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.

 

Note: Prostration, in its medical use, is analogous to the state of a spring lying under such a weight that it is incapable of action; while exhaustion is analogous to the state of a spring deprived of its elastic powers. The word, however, is often used to denote any great depression of the vital powers.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prostration

pros tra tion |präˈstrāSHən prɑːˈstreɪʃn | ▶noun the action of lying stretched out on the ground. • the state of being extremely weak or subservient: the refusal to call a strike reflects the union leadership's prostration before the company. • extreme physical weakness or emotional exhaustion.

 

Oxford Dictionary

prostration

prostration |prɒˈstreɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of lying stretched out on the ground. • the state of being extremely weak or subservient: the refusal to call a strike reflects the union leadership's prostration before the company. • extreme physical weakness or emotional exhaustion.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prostration

prostration noun prostration from the heat: collapse, weakness, debility, lassitude, exhaustion, fatigue, tiredness, enervation, emotional exhaustion.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prostration

prostration noun he was left exhausted, sometimes near to prostration: collapse, weakness, debility, lassitude, exhaustion, fatigue, tiredness, enervation, emotional exhaustion; paralysis; desolation, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, helplessness.

 

Duden Dictionary

Prostration

Pro s t ra ti on , Pros tra ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Prostrati o n |lateinisch prostratio = das Niederwerfen, -schlagen 1 katholische Kirche Proskynese 2 Medizin hochgradige Erschöpfung im Verlauf einer schweren Krankheit

 

French Dictionary

prostration

prostration n. f. nom féminin Abattement causé par la douleur, la faiblesse extrême. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec les mots suivants: • affliction, peine profonde; • chagrin, tristesse; • consternation, grande douleur morale; • douleur, souffrance physique ou morale; • peine, douleur morale. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre non plus avec le nom prosternation, action de se prosterner.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prostration

pros tr á tion 名詞 1 U C 平伏, ひれ伏すこと ; 屈服 .2 U 疲労, (身体の )衰弱 ; 気持ち, 消沈 .