lay an egg

短语

下蛋, 完全失败

发音

AU

词形变化

laid an egg laying an egg lays an egg 三单 lays an egg laying an egg 现在分词 laid an egg 过去式 laid an egg 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To produce an egg.

    产卵

    During the mutiny of 1857–58, when several young surgeons had arrived in India, whose services were urgently needed at the front, it is said that the Head of the Department to which they had reported themselves, directed them immediately to 'lay a dawk.' One of them turned back from the door, saying: 'Would you explain, Sir; for you might just as well tell me to lay an egg!'

  2. 2.

    To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.

    习语

    That author usually writes good stuff, but he really laid an egg with that last piece.