英语释义

1. to beat or strike down with force

2. to put or set down
lay your books on the table

3. to place for rest or sleep
She laid the baby in his crib for a nap. especially bury

4. to bring forth and deposit (an egg)

5. calm, allay
lay the dust

6. bet, wager

7. to press down giving a smooth and even surface
brushing to lay the nap

8. to dispose or spread over or on a surface
lay track lay plaster

9. to set in order or position
lay a table for dinner lay brick

10. to put (strands) in place and twist to form a rope, hawser, or cable also to make by putting strands in place and twisting
lay up rope

11. to impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
lay a tax

12. to put as a burden of reproach
laid the blame on her

13. to advance as an accusation impute
the disaster was laid to faulty inspection

14. to place (something immaterial) on something
lay stress on grammar

15. prepare, contrive
a well-laid plan

16. to bring against or into contact with something apply
laid the watch to his ear

17. to prepare or position for action or operation
lay a fire in the fireplace also to adjust (a gun) to the proper direction and elevation

18. to bring to a specified condition
lay waste the land

19. assert, allege
lay claim to an estate

20. to submit for examination and judgment
laid her case before the commission

21. to copulate with

22. to produce and deposit eggs

23. lie entry 1

24. wager, bet

25. plan, prepare

26. to apply oneself vigorously
laid to his oars

27. to proceed to a specified place or position on a ship
lay aloft

28. to fail or blunder especially embarrassingly
The professor tried to be funny, but he laid an egg.

29. see, behold
I never laid eyes on her before today.

30. to attack especially verbally
laid into the referee

31. to remove (a parliamentary motion) from consideration indefinitely

32. to put (something, such as legislation) on the agenda

33. covert, lair

34. something (such as a layer) that lies or is laid (see lay entry 1)

35. line of action plan

36. line of work occupation

37. terms of sale or employment price

38. share of profit (as on a whaling voyage) paid in lieu of wages

39. the amount of advance of any point in a rope strand for one turn

40. the nature of a fiber rope as determined by the amount of twist, the angle of the strands, and the angle of the threads in the strands

41. the way in which a thing lies or is laid in relation to something else
the lay of the land

42. the state of one that lays eggs
hens coming into lay

43. a partner in sexual intercourse

44. sexual intercourse

45. a simple narrative poem ballad

46. melody, song

47. of or relating to the laity not ecclesiastical

48. of or relating to members of a religious house occupied with domestic or manual work
a lay brother

49. not of a particular profession
the lay public also lacking extensive knowledge of a particular subject

50. to place (someone or something) down gently in a flat position

51. to place (something) into position on or along a surface to build or set (something) on or in the ground or another surface

52. to spread (something) over a surface

53. not trained in a certain profession not having a lot of knowledge about a certain thing

54. belonging to a religion but not officially a priest, minister, etc.

55. to put or set down
I laid my hat on the table.

56. to bring down (as with force)
Crops were laid flat by the wind.

57. to produce an egg

58. bury sense 2

59. to place in position on or along a surface
lay tracks

60. prepare sense 1, arrange
lay a trap

61. to bring into contact with
He laid the watch to his ear.

62. to place a burden, charge, or penalty
lay a tax He didn't know where to lay blame.

63. to declare forcefully
lay down the law

64. to catch sight of see

65. to store for later use
They laid in supplies for the winter.

66. to stop employing often temporarily
The company laid off workers.

67. to let alone
Lay off the candy.

68. to plan in detail

69. to arrange in a particular pattern or design
She laid out a garden.

70. to explain in detail
He laid out the reasons for his decision.

71. to store up

72. to disable or confine with illness or injury My ankle sprain laid me up for two weeks.

73. the way a thing lies in relation to something else
the lay of the land

74. to put forward assert
lay a claim

75. to submit for examination and determination
laid a case before the commission

英汉例句

• the phone book lay on the table in front of me.

  电话簿就摊开在我面前的桌子上。

• 259:the boy who lay on the table lied to me that the hen lying there laid two eggs that day.

  躺在桌面上的那男孩对我撒谎说，蹲在那里的母鸡当天下了两个蛋。

• gradually the argument became more heated. it was about a book which lay on the table in front of them.

  他们越争越激烈， 争的是他们面前桌上摆着的书。

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