lay

lay

美 [leɪ]  英 [leɪ]

  • adj.外行的;非专业的;缺少专门知识的;平信徒的
  • v.(尤指轻轻地或小心地)放置;铺设(尤指在地板上);涂;用一层…覆盖
  • n.性伙伴;(尤指)性交的女人;(供吟唱的)叙事诗
  • 网络张艺兴;下蛋;产卵

词形变化

第三人称单数:lays  现在分词:laying  过去式:laid  

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英汉双解

v.
放下;展开put down/spread
1.
[t]
(尤指轻轻地或小心地)放置,安放,搁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.
她把婴儿轻轻地放在床上。
He laid a hand on my arm.
他把手搭在我的胳膊上。
The horse laid back its ears.
那匹马把耳朵往后竖着。
Relatives laid wreaths on the grave.
死者亲属在墓前献了花圈。
The cloth should be laid flat.
布应展开平放。
2.
[t]
~ sth (down)
铺,铺放,铺设(尤指在地板上)to put sth down, especially on the floor, ready to be used
to lay a carpet/cable/pipe
铺地毯;铺设电缆;铺管道
The foundations of the house are being laid today.
今天正在给房子打地基。
They had laid the groundwork for future development.
他们为此后的发展奠定了基础。
3.
[t]
(在某物上)摊开,涂,敷;用一层…覆盖to spread sth on sth; to cover sth with a layer of sth
Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor.
他们开始前在地板上铺了报纸。
The grapes were laid to dry on racks.
葡萄被摊放在架子上晾干。
The floor was laid with newspaper.
地板上铺了报纸。
eggs
4.
[t][i]
~ (sth)
(鸟、昆虫、鱼等)下(蛋),产(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.
杜鹃在其他鸟的巢中下蛋。
new-laid eggs
鲜蛋
The hens are not laying well(= not producing many eggs) .
母鸡现在不爱下蛋。
桌子table
5.
[t]
~ sth
摆放餐具于(准备就餐)to arrange knives, forks, plates, etc. on a table ready for a meal
to lay the table
摆好餐具准备用餐
提出建议present proposal
6.
[t]
~ sth + adv./prep.
提出,提交(建议、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.
议案已提交议会审议。
困境difficult situation
7.
[t]
~ sth + adv./prep.
使处于特定状态(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
把责任╱重担加于某人身上
to lay sb under an obligation to do sth
使某人承担做某事的义务
与名词连用with nouns
8.
[t]
~ sth + adv./prep.
(与名词连用构成短语,其含义与该名词的相关动词相同)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)
归咎于某人
Our teacher lays great stress on good spelling(= stresses it strongly) .
我们老师着力强调要拼写正确。
计划;圈套plan/trap
9.
[t]
~ sth
周密准备;筹划;设置to prepare sth in detail
to lay a trap for sb
给某人设下圈套
She began to lay her plans for her escape.
她开始周密策划准备逃走。
Bad weather can upset even the best-laid plans.
天气不好,再好的计划也会打乱。
性交have sex
10.
[t][oftpass]
~ sb
与(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个女人睡一宿。
fire
11.
[t]
~ sth
(摆好木、柴或煤)生火to prepare a fire by arranging wood, sticks or coal
打赌bet
12.
[t]
对…下赌金;下赌注to bet money on sth; to place a bet
to lay a bet
下赌注
She had laid $100 on the favourite.
她在那匹夺标呼声最高的马上下注 100 元。
I'll lay you any money you like (that) he won't come.
我看他不来了,你愿意赌多少钱我都奉陪。
adj.
— see also
layman
,
layperson
,
laywoman
1.
外行的;非专业的;缺少专门知识的not having expert knowledge or professional qualifications in a particular subject
His book explains the theory for the lay public.
他的书为普通大众阐明了这个理论。
2.
平信徒的;在俗的not in an official position in the Church
a lay preacher
在俗传道员
n.
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)
淫妇
to be a great lay
为荒淫无度的荡妇
2.
(供吟唱的)叙事诗a poem that was written to be sung, usually telling a story

习惯用语

the lay of the land
地貌;地势;地形the way the land in an area is formed and what physical characteristics it has
目前的形势及发展趋势the way a situation is now and how it is likely to develop

英汉解释

v.
1.
放下;铺;敷;产卵;摆放(餐具);提出;筹划;打赌
adj.
1.
外行的;在俗的
n.
1.
性伙伴;叙事诗

英英解释

adj.
v.
n.
na.

例句

The child lay panting on her pillows, as one exhausted, -- the large clear eyes rolled up and fixed.

姑娘枕头好像一个精疲力竭清澈透明眼睛向上动不动

It was autumn, and the wind was sad; and the golden elm leaves lay scattered about among the grass, and on the gravel path.

入秋凄冷金黄色飘零散落草地洒落砾石小径

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.

另外船舷长长用来放枪以防枪支受潮

She was helping Professor Dai lay the table, and, when she looked over, the older woman paired the chopsticks without meeting her eyes.

母亲摆放碗筷抬起头时候老太太正在筷子配对避开眼睛

Let me lay things out for you ; our price was higher than our competitor's , so we lost the business .

清楚我们价钱竞争者所以失去生意

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.

杂物领带仿佛身上下来似的它们起来台面堆积尘埃留下淡淡月牙

He lay on his back, his hands behind his head.

仰卧双手后脑勺

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.

一个小时地点整个头部开远看见因为床上躺下

Then the container is ready to lay eggs, which are often used in shallow dish filled with water.

然后准备好产卵容器选用盘子里面

But lay there; don't throw an arm or leg over the top of him.

只是那里不要胳膊脚丫身上

and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

一个地方因为太阳那里住宿便拾起地方一块石头那里

One duy, as he lay thinking, he saw a spider over his head, making ready to weave her web .

一天正当思索时候看见只蜘蛛准备

Romance lay not in the original cultural of Tibet but rather in the heroic nature of the missionary struggle in an exotic environment.

传教士浪漫传奇并不在于文化本身传教士一个陌生环境艰苦卓绝英勇斗争

After passing through numerous, Alice suddenly wake up, realize that they lay on the grass asleep, all adventures are nothing but a dream.

历尽艰险之后猛然苏醒原来自己草地上睡着一切奇遇不过是梦幻而已

As if they had no policy at all in human resources, only lay-off talks rolling on all the time.

好像他们人力资源方面没有任何政策一直裁员动员

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.

相拥巅峰徜徉怀抱这样永远依偎身旁直到海枯石烂直到地老天荒

The next morning he lay upon his bed and watched the woman who was now wholly his own.

第二早晨现在已经完全属于自己这个女人

He lay still for a long time. Later, he felt a little better and got up. He made afire.

时间等到感觉稍微一点起来

Lay down on your tummy, rest your forehead on folded arms, close your eyes and follow your breath.

向下前额交叉胳膊上眼并且放慢呼吸

techniques you can use the moment you read about them. I lay it all out for you in a step-by-step.

而且时候这些技术可以使用它们他们展示出来

Such considerations as these incline me to lay less weight on the direct action of the surrounding conditions.

这些事实使觉得周围条件直接作用重要

For the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand.

半年时间火药沙土一样那里没有出毛病

He got up and helped her to lay another place at the table.

起身桌子餐具

He lay in the bed and wondered, whilst his friend sat beside him, lost in brooding. Each man was gone in his own thoughts.

床上思索朋友一旁冥想陷入遐想之中

The theater house with its white and gold, relieved by soft green tones, lay only half disclosed to view.

剧场面貌一片绿气氛烘托出来白色建筑花饰只能隐约清楚一半

As I had no friend in the world to communicate my distressed thoughts to, it lay so heavy upon me.

因为世界没有朋友可以诉说苦闷心情这种苦闷沉重

There was a table and a huge book lay thereon.

那里张桌子上面

He lay in the stern and steered and watched for the glow to come in the sky.

一面掌舵一面留意着天边红光出现

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.

拉尔夫眼镜片前前后后上下左右夕阳一道闪闪一块木头

The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast.

英里抛锚停泊

One fellow as he went by actually clapped his hand upon the sunny face of the rock on which we lay.

一个家伙走过我们旁边我们块岩石向阳一下

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.

杰克很快路边沟里聚精会神朝天

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.

于是那里眼睛微微脑子留心那个轻微等待睡眠

Before I left Long Island I saw that she was beginning to lay her toils for Mattie.

离开长岛发觉开始玛迪迷魂阵

The doctor told me to lay off for a week.

医生休息一个星期

But I shall lay his death at the door, as long as I live, and die I know he will.

只要知道一定送命

Then she ate the little food she had brought with her, and lay down on the floor and went to sleep.

随身一点食物便地上

After the bank robbery they lay up in a basement for 2 weeks.

抢劫银行以后他们地下室星期

I lifted myself on my elbow and looked at my dollar watch, which lay on the chair at the bedside.

胳膊起身床边椅子上廉价手表

Her grandfather lay sleeping safely at her side, and the crime to which his madness urged him, was not committed. That was her comfort.

外祖父平安身旁疯狂并未导致犯罪便是以为慰

I wish to lay the matter before you.

陈述

He pointed to a large perfect pearl the size of a small walnut that lay apart on a piece of chamois.

单独一块鹿皮珠子珠子晶莹无瑕核桃大小

The wind was blowing hard, and the ship was forced to lay to.

风刮被迫顶风停驶

The civil engineering contractor may need to lay out his own casting yard.

土木工程承包可能需要设置自己预制

Every here and there, for a few hundred yards, the path lay submerged below the stagnant waters of the fen.

每隔一段几百路面沼泽死水

A little farther off, another man lay slumbering, rolled in a brown cloak, with a butterfly hovering above his face.

这儿一个男人那儿棕色斗篷睡觉只蝴蝶飞舞

He lay there on the sand, his body stiff and aching, trying to remember where he was.

沙子身体僵硬疼痛竭力想起自己什么地方

I let them know, that by my direction the ship had been seized, that she lay now in the road.

他们知道指挥大船已经回来现在停泊海口

If this is a novel without a hero, at least let us lay claim to a heroine.

如果小说男人没有一个出类拔萃女人里头至少一个了不起人物

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!

倘如北美正如现在英国人一样外国军队侵入我国国境绝对不会放下武器

It did not perceive that it also lay in that hand which had removed Napoleon.

没有看出搬走拿破仑同一只手

Indeed, the bottom of the thing lay at my heart, and that made all his endeavours fruitless.

根本原因心里一切努力全然无效

with which I would light the flame of life in the dead thing that lay at my feet.

利用这些工具生命火花注入这个东西

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!

仔细散落硬币共有24.52美元全部财产

I expect, however, that fully grown females that are well fed might be able to lay up to 20 eggs.

期望认为完全成熟女性都是衣食奠定多达20

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.

宁愿自己知道这个真相应该就此结束直到母亲病榻奄奄一息

Bedell lay down in an old box filled with hay, his rifle and crutches beside him.

比德尔一个装满干草木箱步枪拐杖身边

Japan, the great exporter, protected its domestic industries. At the heart of the country's economic problems lay a contradiction.

最大出口国——日本——国内工业实施保护政策在此国家经济问题中心存在一个矛盾

They lay on their faces as if paralyzed, exactly as I had lain a few minutes before now.

他们彷佛瘫痪一般完全分钟姿势一样

Sleep deprivation gave a little bit of money, but that wasn't why she lay there awake at night.

睡觉可以得到一点但是并不是晚上睡觉原因

But I shall lay his death at the door, as long as I live, and die I know he will.

只要知道一定送命

I rose to help him, he lay in my ears says mumblingly, Mimi, lend me a few days, accompany me around your city.

起身耳边喃喃借给几天时间逛逛城市

The fancy came to me that the old priest was smiling as he lay there in his coffin.

奇想棺木教士微笑

This is because web applications are relatively easy to attack, as they are simple to understand and manipulate, even by the lay person.

因为web应用容易攻击因为它们易于理解操作甚至

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.

现在可能几千失业人员可能菲亚特公司较少工人已经获得工作如果Magna已经中标

We need to lay up a good supply of feed if this winter's going to be like the last.

如果去年冬天那样我们必须贮备一些饲料

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.

一点肯定不会药物十年使世人痴迷足球上面

But he did not lay out a timescale for his plan.

但是对于无核进程没有一个明确计划

How much did you have to lay out for your new car?

多少

He lay down in the ditch and plugged the wound with another piece of wadding from his jacket.

放下壕沟堵住伤口一块吐絮夹克

The meadows lay like a white sea, out of which the scattered trees rose like dangerous rocks.

一片草原白茫茫大海里面露出那些零落稀疏树木危险礁石

We lay and watched him and I do not think he saw us because we lay so still.

我们大概看见我们因为我们静悄悄

She knew the truth and the real danger of delay-he knew neither; therein lay all the difference in the world.

知道事情真相旷日持久真正危险-两者知道天渊之别

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.

自己不足这儿没有匹马上去耳朵垂下

His yellow rags of shirt lay open at the throat and showed his body to be withered and worn.

黄色衬衣露出喉结显示身体已经干瘪而且衰朽

So I lay and watched the stars come out by thousands, till all the immense arch of heaven was strewn with glittering points.

只好躺下仰望天空繁星直到整个浩瀚苍穹布满灿烂

A fine view of the valley lay before the tourists.

山谷优美景色展现游客面前

Suddenly word reached higher OKM circles that an agent had reported that the Queen Elizabeth lay in Gibraltar.

海军司令上级突然听说一个特务报告伊丽莎白女王停泊直布罗陀

She lay back in the darkness, feeling deserted.

黑暗中感到遗弃似的

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.

别格举目四望看见张桌子上面白骨骨头旁边封绑票墨水