The cloth should be laid flat.

布应展开平放。

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Turns out there was this place in Siberia where for thousands of acres the trees were suddenly laid flat.

后来才知道，原来西伯利亚有个名叫通古斯的地方，这里曾发生过一次大爆炸，方圆几千英亩的森林瞬间被夷为平地。

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If the euro faltered because of Greece's public debt, it would be laid flat by Italy's, which is five times as big in absolute terms.

如果说希腊的公共债务使欧元摇摇欲坠，按绝对值计算是其五倍的意大利债务会将欧元彻底击垮。

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Andrea Griffiths is angry after three of her relatives' gravestones were laid flat.

BBC: Gravestone removal halted

Of the gravestones classed as unstable and dangerous, 372 have been laid flat.

BBC: Gravestone removal halted

In essence, Quasam can be thought of as a carbon nanotube that has been sliced open and laid flat.

ECONOMIST: MONITOR