prone /ˈpron/
(a.)傾斜的,有…傾向的,易于…的
prone /ˈpron/ 形容詞
傾向,有…傾向的,旋前的,俯的
Prone a.
1. Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
Towards him they bend
With awful reverence prone. --Milton.
2. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.
Which, as the wind,
Blew where it listed, laying all things prone. --Byron.
3. Headlong; running downward or headlong. “Down thither prone in flight.”
4. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.
Since the floods demand,
For their descent, a prone and sinking land. --Blackmore.
5. Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to. “Prone to mischief.”
Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. --Landor.
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prone
adj 1: lying face downward [syn: prostrate]
2: having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child
prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"