Japanese Learning

What is the meaning of “伏せる”?

WordReadingMeaning
伏せるふせるto turn down

I
1〔表面を下にする〕
カードを伏せる
turn a card face down/〔裏返す〕turn a card over
彼は開いたまま本を机に伏せた
He laid his open book face down on the desk.

2〔下に向ける〕
目を伏せる
「cast down [lower] one’s eyes
顔を伏せる
look down(ward)/hang one’s head
体を伏せる
lie flat (on the ground)
伏せろ
Hit the dirt [deck]!
銃声でとっさに床に伏せた
He hit the floor when he heard the shots.





II〔隠す〕hide
兵を伏せる
lay an ambush
この事は伏せておいたほうがよい
We’d better 「hide this fact [《口》 keep this under our hats].

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