And they, sort of, threw themselves on the ground.

它们躺到地上。

They came in a pack and he could only see the lines in the water that their fins made and their phosphorescence as they threw themselves on the fish.

它们是成群袭来的，朝那鱼直扑，他只看见它们的鳍在水面上划出的一道道线，还有它们的磷光。

I remember that the poorer people would greet the richer people by bending down and touching their feet or prostrating them and throwing themselves on the feet.

我记得穷人向富人致意时，会弯下腰来，碰到他们的脚，或者匍匐下来，屈身在富人的脚上。

Three of them threw themselves on the girl and, after a hard tussle, in which the poor thing stamped, writhed and screamed with rage, they took the volume from her.

三个人扑到女孩身上， 经过一场激烈的扭打， 这可怜的女孩气得跺脚、扭动和尖叫， 他们从她手中夺走了那本书。