[惯用语] 突然卧倒; 躺下
She had an impulse to throw herself down and press her body into the soft rich-smelling earth, to cover her ears and lie there rigid until the dawn. (from "The Murder Room" by P.D James)
More than once he drew near the edge of a cliff, and was tempted to hurl himself down and so put an end to his misery at once. (from "The Character of Mohammed")