lay
v. 放置; 布置餐桌; 铺放; 涂; 提出; 产(卵); 筹划; 押(赌注); 交媾; 生火
v. 平躺(lie的过去式)
n. 性伴侣; 诗歌
adj. 外行的; 世俗的
If you lay something somewhere, you put it there in a careful, gentle, or neat way.
Lay a sheet of newspaper on the floor...
在地上铺一张报纸。
My father's working bench was covered with a cloth and his coffin was laid there...
爸爸的工作台上盖了一块布,他的灵枢就陈放在那儿。
If you lay the table or lay the places at a table, you arrange the knives, forks, and other things that people need on the table before a meal.
The butler always laid the table.
每次都是男管家把餐具摆好。
If you lay something such as carpets, cables, or foundations, you put them into their permanent position.
A man came to lay the saloon carpet...
一名男子来铺客厅的地毯。
Public utilities dig up roads to lay pipes.
公共事业公司挖路铺设管道。
To lay a trap means to prepare it in order to catch someone or something.
They were laying a trap for the kidnapper.
他们设下一个圈套引绑匪上钩。
When a female bird lays an egg, it produces an egg by pushing it out of its body.
My canary has laid an egg...
我的金丝雀生了一个蛋。
Freezing weather in spring hampered the hens' ability to lay.
春天严寒的天气降低了母鸡的产蛋能力。
Lay is used with some nouns to talk about making official preparations for something. For example, if you lay the basis for something or lay plans for it, you prepare it carefully.
Diplomats meeting in Chile have laid the groundwork for far-reaching environmental regulations...
在智利会面的外交官们已经为那些对未来影响深远的环境保护条例的制定打好了基础。
The organisers meet in March to lay plans.
组织者们于3月碰头制订计划。
Lay is used with some nouns in expressions about accusing or blaming someone. For example, if you lay the blame for a mistake on someone, you say it is their fault, or if the police lay charges against someone, they officially accuse that person of a crime.
She refused to lay the blame on any one party...
她拒绝归咎于任何一方。
He could not bear to lay too much responsibility for the unhappiness of his later years on his own shoulders...
为自己晚景凄凉承担这么多责任,他接受不了。
If you say that you would lay bets, odds, or money on something happening, you mean that you are very confident that it will happen.
I wouldn't lay bets on his still remaining manager after the spring...
我看他的这个经理当不到春天之后了。
I'll lay odds that Dean is at your office right now.
我敢打赌迪安现在就在你办公室。
To lay someone means to have sex with them.
Lay is used in expressions such a good lay or an easy lay to describe what someone is like as a sexual partner.
If someone is laying it on thick or is laying it on, they are exaggerating a statement, experience, or emotion in order to try to impress people.
Don't lay it on too thick, but make sure they are flattered...
不要吹捧得太露骨,不过一定要恭维得他们很惬意。
I may have spoken a bit too freely, been a bit extreme, even laid it on a little.
我可能有些自由发挥,有些极端,甚至有些言过其实了。
If you lay yourself open to criticism or attack, or if something lays you open to it, something you do makes it possible or likely that other people will criticize or attack you.
The party thereby lays itself open to charges of conflict of interest...
该党因此难免被人指责有利益冲突。
Such a statement could lay her open to ridicule.
这种言论会让人家笑话她。
1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
2. a narrative poem of popular origin
1. put into a certain place or abstract location;
2. put in a horizontal position;
3. prepare or position for action or operation;
4. lay eggs;
5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment;
1. concerning those not members of the clergy;
2. not of or from a profession;
lay, place, put, set
这些动词均有"放"之意。
lay about
向四面八方打击
lay aside
放弃;抛弃
储备:为将来贮存
lay away
储蓄:为将来储备;贮存
收藏:搁置并保留至以后交付
lay by
储备:储存供将来之用
lay down
放弃并投降
规定
储备:为将来储备
&I{【非标准用语】} 躺下
lay for 【非正式用语】
等待进行攻击
lay in
储备:储存以备将来之用
lay into &I{【俚语】}
严厉批评
肉体攻击;痛打
lay off
暂时解雇员工:停止雇用(工人),尤指暂时性的
划界线
&I{【俚语】} 停止做某事;放弃
&I{【游戏】} 两面下注:把全部或一部分定好的赌注分担给另一赌马者以降低风险
lay on
带有:将某物抹在或好象涂在一平整表面上
精心准备:通常指以精心策划的方法准备;安排
&I{【俚语】} 提出或揭露;面临
lay out
设计:为…制定详细计划
穿寿衣:为(尸体)穿衣做殡葬准备
严厉批评
击到在地,打昏:击倒在地或打得失去知觉
消费;花钱
展览
lay over
落脚:在旅行过程中停留
lay to &I{【航海】}
使(船)在公海上停留
顶着风停止
lay up
储备:为将来之用而储存
【非正式用语】 在家修养:因病或伤而闭门不出
&I{【航海】} 使(船)进入船坞,如进行修理
She lay sprawled across the bed.
她手脚摊开趴在床上.
Lay the baby down gently.
请将婴儿轻轻放下.
A vast expanse of golden crops lay before us.
我们眼前展现出一大片金黄色的庄稼.
How dare you lay a finger on him?
你怎敢碰他?
The burden of proof lay on the plaintiff to prove negligence.
证明对方犯有疏忽罪的举证责任落在原告身上.