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Prone : 英英辞書
Prone
(), a.[L. pronus, akin to Gr. , , Skr. pravana sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for. See Pro-.]
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." Milton.
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." Shak.
Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy.
Landor.



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