su·pine /ˈsuˌpaɪn/
 (a.)仰臥的,掌心向上的,懶散的


 su·pine /sʊˈpaɪn, ˈsuˌpaɪn/ 形容詞
 (拉supinus)仰臥的,旋後的


 Su·pine a.
 1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.
 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
 If the vine
 On rising ground be placed, or hills supine.   --Dryden.
 3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
    He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation.   --Woodward.
 Syn: -- Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy.
 -- Su*pine*ly, adv. -- Su*pine*ness, n.


 Su·pine n.  Lat. Gram. A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine.

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 supine
      adj 1: lying face upward [syn: resupine]
      2: offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other
         colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in
         allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly
         harried"- Theodore Roosevelt [syn: resistless, unresisting]