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waterlogged

adjective

 UK ​ /ˈwɔː.tə.lɒɡd/ US ​ /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.lɑːɡd/

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(of land) full of water and almost covered by a layer of it:

The game was cancelled because of a waterlogged pitch.

Water the plants regularly but do not allow the soil to become waterlogged.

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(of a boat) full of water and therefore unable to keep moving or floating

Hope at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme’s quarantine facility in Indonesia.  Bryan Denton for The New York Times

Doctors at a rehabilitation center on the island of Sumatra named her Hope. She had been shot 74 times, and blinded. Her months-old baby was ripped away. She is recovering, but when she hears orphaned orangutans at the center cry, she curls into the fetal position.

She is one of the many orangutans — a critically endangered animal — in Indonesia and Malaysia whose habitat and food sources have fallen victim to global demand for palm oil, used in myriad products. The purpose of the final assault on Hope: to sell her baby.

子宮中的胎兒，李奧納多·達·文西，約1510–1512.

胎兒姿勢（Fetal position）是胎兒在孕婦子宮中成長時的姿勢。這個姿勢的特點是背部彎曲、頭部弓起、四肢往軀幹彎曲。

醫療專業人士會用這個姿勢減少頸部及胸部的受傷。

這也是人在睡眠時會維持的姿勢，尤其是身體較冷時。

CURL UP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Cambridge Dictionary

https://dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › curl-up

to sit or lie in a position with your arms and legs close to your body: She curled up on the sofa to watch TV. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.