lay
美 [le?]
英 [le?] 
- adj.外行的;非專業的;缺少專門知識的;平信徒的
- v.(尤指輕輕地或小心地)放置;鋪設(尤指在地板上);涂;用一層…覆蓋
- n.性伙伴;(尤指)性交的女人;(供吟唱的)敘事詩
- 網絡張藝興;下蛋;產卵
詞形變化
第三人稱單數:lays 現在分詞:laying 過去式:laid 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
放下;展開put down/spread
1. | [t] (尤指輕輕地或小心地)放置,安放,擱to put sb/sth in a particular position, especially when it is done gently or carefully |
| She laid the baby down gently on the bed. 她把嬰兒輕輕地放在床上。 |
| He laid a hand on my arm. 他把手搭在我的胳膊上。 |
| The horse laid back its ears. 那匹馬把耳朵往后豎著。 |
| Relatives laid wreaths on the grave. 死者親屬在墓前獻了花圈。 |
| The cloth should be laid flat. 布應展開平放。 |
2. | [t] ~ sth (down) 鋪,鋪放,鋪設(尤指在地板上)to put sth down, especially on the floor, ready to be used |
| to lay a carpet/cable/pipe 鋪地毯;鋪設電纜;鋪管道 |
| The foundations of the house are being laid today. 今天正在給房子打地基。 |
| They had laid the groundwork for future development. 他們為此后的發展奠定了基礎。 |
3. | [t] (在某物上)攤開,涂,敷;用一層…覆蓋to spread sth on sth; to cover sth with a layer of sth |
| Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor. 他們開始前在地板上鋪了報紙。 |
| The grapes were laid to dry on racks. 葡萄被攤放在架子上晾干。 |
| The floor was laid with newspaper. 地板上鋪了報紙。 |
卵eggs
4. | [t][i] ~ (sth) (鳥、昆蟲、魚等)下(蛋),產(卵)if a bird, an insect, a fish, etc.lays eggs, it produces them from its body |
| The cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds' nests. 杜鵑在其他鳥的巢中下蛋。 |
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| The hens are not laying well(= not producing many eggs) . 母雞現在不愛下蛋。 |
桌子table
5. | [t] ~ sth 擺放餐具于(準備就餐)to arrange knives, forks, plates, etc. on a table ready for a meal |
提出建議present proposal
6. | [t] ~ sth + adv./prep. 提出,提交(建議、信息等)to present a proposal, some information, etc. to sb for them to think about and decide on |
| The bill was laid before Parliament. 議案已提交議會審議。 |
困境difficult situation
7. | [t] ~ sth + adv./prep. 使處于特定狀態(尤指困境)to put sb/sth in a particular position or state, especially a difficult or unpleasant one |
| to lay a responsibility/burden on sb 把責任╱重擔加于某人身上 |
| to lay sb under an obligation to do sth 使某人承擔做某事的義務 |
與名詞連用with nouns
8. | [t] ~ sth + adv./prep. (與名詞連用構成短語,其含義與該名詞的相關動詞相同)used with a noun to form a phrase that has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun |
| to lay the blame on sb(= to blame sb) 歸咎于某人 |
| Our teacher lays great stress on good spelling(= stresses it strongly) . 我們老師著力強調要拼寫正確。 |
計劃;圈套plan/trap
9. | [t] ~ sth 周密準備;籌劃;設置to prepare sth in detail |
| to lay a trap for sb 給某人設下圈套 |
| She began to lay her plans for her escape. 她開始周密策劃準備逃走。 |
| Bad weather can upset even the best-laid plans. 天氣不好,再好的計劃也會打亂。 |
性交have sex
10. | [t][oftpass] ~ sb 與(某人)性交to have sex with sb |
| He went out hoping to get laid that night. 他那天晚上外出希望找個女人睡一宿。 |
火fire
11. | [t] ~ sth (擺好木、柴或煤)生火to prepare a fire by arranging wood, sticks or coal |
打賭bet
12. | [t] 對…下賭金;下賭注to bet money on sth; to place a bet |
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| She had laid $100 on the favourite. 她在那匹奪標呼聲最高的馬上下注 100 元。 |
| I'll lay you any money you like (that) he won't come. 我看他不來了,你愿意賭多少錢我都奉陪。 |
1. | 外行的;非專業的;缺少專門知識的not having expert knowledge or professional qualifications in a particular subject |
| His book explains the theory for the lay public. 他的書為普通大眾闡明了這個理論。 |
2. | 平信徒的;在俗的not in an official position in the Church |
1. |
性伙伴;(尤指)性交的女人a partner in sex, especially a woman |
| an easy lay(= a person who is ready and willing to have sex) 淫婦 |
| to be a great lay 為荒淫無度的蕩婦 |
2. | (供吟唱的)敘事詩a poem that was written to be sung, usually telling a story |
習慣用語
the lay of the land
地貌;地勢;地形the way the land in an area is formed and what physical characteristics it has
目前的形勢及發展趨勢the way a situation is now and how it is likely to develop
英漢解釋
v. | 1. 放下;鋪;敷;產卵;擺放(餐具);提出;籌劃;打賭 |
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英英解釋
例句
The child lay panting on her pillows, as one exhausted, -- the large clear eyes rolled up and fixed.
小姑娘躺在枕頭上喘著氣,好像一個精疲力竭的人,清澈透明的大眼睛向上翻著,一動不動。
It was autumn, and the wind was sad; and the golden elm leaves lay scattered about among the grass, and on the gravel path.
入秋了,風凄冷地吹著,金黃色的榆葉飄零而落,散落在草地間,灑落在礫石小徑上。
and a little long hollow place I cut in the in-side of the boat, where I could lay gun, making a flap to hang down over it to keep it dry.
另外,我又在船舷內挖了一條長長的槽,用來放槍,還做了塊垂板可蓋住長槽,以防槍支受潮。
She was helping Professor Dai lay the table, and, when she looked over, the older woman paired the chopsticks without meeting her eyes.
思玉幫母親擺放碗筷,她抬起頭來的時候,老太太正在給筷子配對,避開了她的眼睛。
Let me lay things out for you ; our price was higher than our competitor's , so we lost the business .
讓我把話跟你說清楚,我們的價錢比競爭者高,所以才失去那筆生意。
Among them lay collar and tie, as if they had just been removed, which, lifted, left upon the surface a pale crescent in the dust.
雜物中有一條硬領和領帶,仿佛剛從身上取下來似的,把它們拿起來時,在臺面上堆積的塵埃中留下淡淡的月牙痕。
He lay on his back, his hands behind his head.
他仰臥著,雙手扣著后腦勺。
It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed.
我花了一個小時,地點在我的整個頭部,開遠,我能看見他,因為他在他的床上躺下。
Then the container is ready to lay eggs, which are often used in shallow dish filled with water.
然后準備好產卵容器,常選用淺盤子里面盛滿水。
But lay there; don't throw an arm or leg over the top of him.
但你只是躺在那里;不要把胳膊和或腳丫伸到他身上。
and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
到了一個地方,因為太陽落了,就在那里住宿,便拾起那地方的一塊石頭枕在頭下,在那里躺臥睡了。
One duy, as he lay thinking, he saw a spider over his head, making ready to weave her web .
一天,正當他躺著思索的時候,看見一只蜘蛛在他頭上,準備織網。
Romance lay not in the original cultural of Tibet but rather in the heroic nature of the missionary struggle in an exotic environment.
傳教士的浪漫傳奇并不在于藏文化本身,而在傳教士們在一個陌生環境下艱苦卓絕的英勇斗爭。
After passing through numerous, Alice suddenly wake up, realize that they lay on the grass asleep, all adventures are nothing but a dream.
歷盡艱險之后,愛麗絲猛然蘇醒,原來自己躺在草地上睡著了,一切奇遇都不過是夢幻而已。
As if they had no policy at all in human resources, only lay-off talks rolling on all the time.
好像他們在人力資源方面沒有任何政策,只會一直開裁員動員會。
I wanna stand with you on a mountain. I wanna bathe with you in the sea. I wanna lay like this forever. Until the sky falls down on me.
我要與你相擁在山的巔峰我要和你徜徉在海的懷抱我要你就這樣永遠依偎在我的身旁直到海枯石爛直到地老天荒。
The next morning he lay upon his bed and watched the woman who was now wholly his own.
第二天早晨,他躺在床上,看著現在已經完全屬于自己的這個女人。
He lay still for a long time. Later, he felt a little better and got up. He made afire.
他靜臥了很長時間,等到感覺稍微好一點兒才站起來,生起一堆火。
Lay down on your tummy, rest your forehead on folded arms, close your eyes and follow your breath.
向下趴著,前額放在交叉的胳膊上,閉上眼并且放慢呼吸。
techniques you can use the moment you read about them. I lay it all out for you in a step-by-step.
而且當你讀到的時候,這些技術你就可以使用它們了。我把他們一步一步的展示出來。
Such considerations as these incline me to lay less weight on the direct action of the surrounding conditions.
這些事實使我覺得周圍條件的直接作用不甚重要。
For the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand.
在半年的時間里,這火藥象沙土一樣放在那里沒有出毛病。
He got up and helped her to lay another place at the table.
他站起身來,幫她在桌子上又擺了一份餐具。
He lay in the bed and wondered, whilst his friend sat beside him, lost in brooding. Each man was gone in his own thoughts.
他躺在床上思索著,他的朋友坐在一旁冥想著,兩人都陷入了遐想之中。
The theater house with its white and gold, relieved by soft green tones, lay only half disclosed to view.
劇場的面貌,和一片柔綠的氣氛所烘托出來的黃白色建筑花飾,只能隱約地看清楚一半。
As I had no friend in the world to communicate my distressed thoughts to, it lay so heavy upon me.
因為在世界上我沒有朋友可以對他訴說我這苦悶的心情,這種苦悶沉重地壓著我。
There was a table and a huge book lay thereon.
那里有一張桌子,在那上面有一本很大的書。
He lay in the stern and steered and watched for the glow to come in the sky.
他躺在船梢,一面掌舵,一面留意著天邊紅光的出現。
Ralph moved the lenses back and forth, this way and that, a glossy white image of the declining sun lay on a piece of rotten wood.
拉爾夫把眼鏡片前前后后,上下左右地移來移去,夕陽的一道亮閃閃的白光落到一塊爛木頭上。
The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast.
船在離巖岸兩英里處拋錨停泊。
One fellow as he went by actually clapped his hand upon the sunny face of the rock on which we lay.
有一個家伙走過我們的旁邊,用手在我們躺著的那塊巖石的向陽面摸了一下。
Very quickly Jack stepped to the side of the road, lay down in the ditch, and began to look very intently up into the sky.
杰克很快走到路邊兒,躺在溝里,聚精會神地朝天上看。
And she lay, with her eyes just moving, following in her mind that little scuttling sound, and waiting for sleep to release her from it.
于是她躺在那里,眼睛微微動著,腦子里留心著那個輕微的籟簌聲,等待睡眠來將她救走。
Before I left Long Island I saw that she was beginning to lay her toils for Mattie.
我離開長島前就發覺她已開始對瑪迪擺下迷魂陣了。
The doctor told me to lay off for a week.
醫生要我休息一個星期。
But I shall lay his death at the door, as long as I live, and die I know he will.
但我會把他死這筆帳全得算在你頭上,只要我活著;我知道他一定會送命的。
Then she ate the little food she had brought with her, and lay down on the floor and went to sleep.
她吃完隨身帶的一點食物,便躺在地上睡了。
After the bank robbery they lay up in a basement for 2 weeks.
搶劫銀行以后他們在一間地下室躲了兩星期。
I lifted myself on my elbow and looked at my dollar watch, which lay on the chair at the bedside.
我拉著胳膊起身看了看放在床邊椅子上的廉價手表。
Her grandfather lay sleeping safely at her side, and the crime to which his madness urged him, was not committed. That was her comfort.
她的外祖父平安地睡在她身旁,他的瘋狂并未導致犯罪。這便是她引以為慰的。
I wish to lay the matter before you.
我愿把這事向你陳述。
He pointed to a large perfect pearl the size of a small walnut that lay apart on a piece of chamois.
他指著一顆單獨放在一塊鹿皮上的大珠子,這珠子晶瑩無瑕,有顆小核桃大小。
The wind was blowing hard, and the ship was forced to lay to.
風刮得正緊,船被迫頂風停駛。
The civil engineering contractor may need to lay out his own casting yard.
土木工程承包者可能需要設置自己的預制場。
Every here and there, for a few hundred yards, the path lay submerged below the stagnant waters of the fen.
每隔一段,就有幾百碼路面淹在沼澤的死水里。
A little farther off, another man lay slumbering, rolled in a brown cloak, with a butterfly hovering above his face.
離這兒不遠,又有一個男人躺在那兒,裹著一領棕色的斗篷睡覺,還有一只蝴蝶在臉上飛舞呢。
He lay there on the sand, his body stiff and aching, trying to remember where he was.
他躺在沙子上,身體僵硬疼痛,竭力要想起自己是在什么地方。
I let them know, that by my direction the ship had been seized, that she lay now in the road.
我讓他們知道,在我的指揮下,大船已經奪了回來,現在停泊在海口里。
If this is a novel without a hero, at least let us lay claim to a heroine.
如果這小說里的男人沒有一個出類拔萃,女人里頭至少有一個了不起的人物。
If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms!
倘如我是北美人,正如我現在為英國人一樣,當外國軍隊侵入我國國境,我絕對不會放下武器。
It did not perceive that it also lay in that hand which had removed Napoleon.
它沒有看出它是被捏在搬走拿破侖的那同一只手里。
Indeed, the bottom of the thing lay at my heart, and that made all his endeavours fruitless.
真的,根本的原因是在我心里,他的一切努力全然無效。
with which I would light the flame of life in the dead thing that lay at my feet.
并利用這些工具把生命的火花注入躺在我的腳邊的這個死的東西里。
He carefully counted the coins that lay on the bed. $24. 52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90!
他仔細的數著散落的床上的硬幣,他一共有24.52美元,這是他的全部財產。
I expect, however, that fully grown females that are well fed might be able to lay up to 20 eggs.
我期望,但認為完全成熟的女性,都是衣食足可奠定多達20個卵。
I reconciled myself to not knowing the truth, and I thought that was the end of the story until my mother lay on her deathbed.
我寧愿自己不知道這個真相,我本想這件事應該就此結束了,直到我母親躺在病榻上奄奄一息。
Bedell lay down in an old box filled with hay, his rifle and crutches beside him.
比德爾躺在一個裝滿干草的舊木箱內,將他的步槍和拐杖放在身邊。
Japan, the great exporter, protected its domestic industries. At the heart of the country's economic problems lay a contradiction.
最大的出口國——日本——對國內工業實施保護政策。在此國家的經濟問題的中心存在著一個矛盾。
They lay on their faces as if paralyzed, exactly as I had lain a few minutes before now.
他們面伏于地,彷佛癱瘓一般,完全和我數分鐘前的姿勢一樣。
Sleep deprivation gave a little bit of money, but that wasn't why she lay there awake at night.
不睡覺也可以得到一點錢,但是這并不是她晚上躺在那不睡覺的原因。
But I shall lay his death at the door, as long as I live, and die I know he will.
但我會把他死這筆帳全得算在你頭上,只要我活著;我知道他一定會送命的。
I rose to help him, he lay in my ears says mumblingly, Mimi, lend me a few days, accompany me around your city.
我起身去扶他,他俯在我耳邊喃喃地說,米米,借給我幾天時間,陪我逛逛你的城市。
The fancy came to me that the old priest was smiling as he lay there in his coffin.
我忽發奇想,好象躺在棺木里的老教士微笑了。
This is because web applications are relatively easy to attack, as they are simple to understand and manipulate, even by the lay person.
這是因為web應用容易攻擊,因為它們易于理解和操作,甚至是懶人。
It is still likely to lay-off thousands of workers but probably far fewer than Fiat would have done if it had won the bidding.
現在仍有可能幾千失業人員但可能比菲亞特公司較少工人已經獲得工作,如果Magna已經中標。
We need to lay up a good supply of feed if this winter's going to be like the last.
如果今冬還像去年冬天那樣,我們必須多貯備一些飼料。
But one thing is for certain, he did not take it to make him lay the kind of football with which he has bewitched the world for a decade.
可有一點是肯定的,他不會將此藥物用在他那十年來使世人癡迷的足球上面。
But he did not lay out a timescale for his plan.
但是對于無核化進程他卻沒有一個明確的計劃表。
How much did you have to lay out for your new car?
你這輛新車花了多少錢?
He lay down in the ditch and plugged the wound with another piece of wadding from his jacket.
他放下在壕溝堵住了傷口與另一塊吐絮從他夾克。
The meadows lay like a white sea, out of which the scattered trees rose like dangerous rocks.
那一片草原就好象白茫茫的大海,里面露出的那些零落稀疏的樹木,就好象危險的礁石。
We lay and watched him and I do not think he saw us because we lay so still.
我們躺著看他,他大概沒看見我們,因為我們靜悄悄地躺著。
She knew the truth and the real danger of delay-he knew neither; therein lay all the difference in the world.
她知道事情的真相和曠日持久的真正危險-他兩者都不知道;這就有天淵之別。
It's my fault, but there's not a horse about the place that don't lay his ears back when I got on him.
這原是我自己的不足,這兒沒有一匹馬,我一騎上去,不把耳朵倒垂下來的。
His yellow rags of shirt lay open at the throat and showed his body to be withered and worn.
從他的黃色襯衣里露出了他的喉結,顯示他的身體已經干癟而且衰朽。
So I lay and watched the stars come out by thousands, till all the immense arch of heaven was strewn with glittering points.
我只好躺下,仰望天空的萬點繁星,直到整個浩瀚的蒼穹都布滿了燦爛的光點。
A fine view of the valley lay before the tourists.
山谷的優美景色展現在游客面前。
Suddenly word reached higher OKM circles that an agent had reported that the Queen Elizabeth lay in Gibraltar.
海軍司令部的上級突然聽說有一個特務報告《伊麗莎白女王》號停泊在直布羅陀。
She lay back in the darkness, feeling deserted.
她在黑暗中躺著,感到被遺棄似的。
Bigger looked about and saw the pile of white bones lying atop a table; beside them lay the kidnap note, held in place by a bottle of ink.
別格舉目四望,看見一張桌子上面放著一堆白骨;骨頭旁邊放著那封綁票信,用只墨水瓶壓著。