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facedown

/adverb feys-doun; noun feys-doun/US // adverb ˈfeɪsˈdaʊn; noun ˈfeɪsˌdaʊn //

面朝下,脸朝下,面朝上,面朝大海

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : with the face or the front or upper surface downward:He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also face-down .Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.

Examples

  • Wilson’s altercation with Pavel Buchnevich and Artemi Panarin — in which he dealt a blow near the head of a facedown Buchnevich then threw Panarin to the ground, twice — resulted in Wilson receiving a $5,000 fine.

  • The $5,000 fine was a result of Wilson striking Buchnevich in the back of the head while he was facedown on the ice.

  • In a 6-3 loss Monday to the visiting Capitals, a second-period fracas saw Washington’s Tom Wilson strike New York’s Pavel Buchnevich in the back of the head while Buchnevich was laying facedown on the ice.

  • Another struggle ensued, with Pesoa ending up facedown on a sidewalk, still in handcuffs.

  • He was convicted because he slammed his knee into a man who was handcuffed and lying facedown.

  • Carter looked at Gallegos, who was lying facedown next to them.

  • Even more emphatically, Urquhart—with a roguish smile—turns her picture facedown on his desk.

  • The clerk had another clipboard with another form, as well as a facedown photo.

  • And while I no longer collapse facedown in my food, I have fallen asleep in some pretty unlikely places.

  • It features a young woman, facedown in front of her fiancé's grave, whispering to him.

  • He saw himself lying facedown, nearly nude on the rack, his blond hair darkened and plastered down with sweat.