lay

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #1370 ★★★★☆

vt. 放置, 产, 铺设, 布置, 提出, 平息 vi. 下蛋, 打赌 n. 位置, 层, 隐藏处 a. 世俗的, 外行的 lie的过去式

发音

US /leɪ/

词形变化

lays 复数 lays 三单 laying 现在分词 laid 过去式 laid 过去分词 layest laidst 过去式 laidest 过去式 layeth 三单 laid 复数 more lay 比较级 most lay 最高级

别名

lai

教材释义与例句

形容词

世俗的；外行的；没有经验的

not trained or not knowing much about a particular profession or subject

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Arrangement or relationship; layout.

    可数 不可数

    the lay of the land

  2. 2.

    A share of the profits in a business.

    可数 不可数

    While the Pequod lay at Nantucket, Peleg put Ishmael down for the three hundredth lay.

  3. 3.

    The direction a rope is twisted.

    可数 不可数

    Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.

  4. 4.

    A casual sexual partner.

    非正式 可数 不可数

    What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?

  5. 5.

    A place or activity where someone spends a significant portion of their time.

    古体 可数 俚语 不可数
  6. 6.

    The laying of eggs.

    可数 不可数

    The hens are off the lay at present.

  7. 7.

    A pursuit or practice; a dodge.

    可数 废旧 不可数

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados "It isn't an exchange lay, at all events," said Mr Carlyle. "His inner case is only half the size of the other and couldn't possibly be substituted."

  8. 8.

    An act of sexual intercourse.

    非正式 可数 不可数
  9. 9.

    A layer.

    可数 废旧 不可数

    1766, Thomas Amory, The Life of John Buncle, Esq., London: J. Johnson and B. Davenport, Volume 2, Section 1, p. 16, footnote 1, […] in one particular it exceeds the fen birds, for it has two tastes; it being brown and white meat: under a lay of brown is a lay of white meat […]

  10. 10.

    A basis or ground.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  11. 1.

    A lake.

  12. 1.

    A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.

    1925 The Lay of Leithien, poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, Anglo-Saxon Professor.

  13. 2.

    A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.

    1945: "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" by JRR Tolkien Sad is the note and sad the lay, but mirth we meet not every day.

  14. 1.

    A meadow; a lea.

    废旧
  15. 1.

    A law.

    废旧
  16. 2.

    An obligation; a vow.

    废旧
v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.

    放

    置

    放置

    及物

    to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave

    A shower of rain lays the dust.

  2. 2.

    To cause to subside or abate.

    古体 及物
  3. 3.

    To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).

    及物
  4. 4.

    To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

    及物

    lay brick; lay flooring

  5. 5.

    To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).

    及物

    The hen laid an egg.

    Did dinosaurs lay their eggs in a nest?

  6. 6.

    To bet (that something is or is not the case).

    及物

    I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday.

  7. 7.

    To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.

    及物
  8. 8.

    To have sex with.

    俚语 及物

    to get laid

  9. 9.

    To state; to allege.

    及物 法律

    to lay the venue

  10. 10.

    To point; to aim.

    及物 政治 军事

    to lay a gun

  11. 11.

    To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.

    及物 艺术 航海 交通

    to lay a cable or rope

  12. 12.

    To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

    及物 媒体 印刷
  13. 13.

    To place (new type) properly in the cases.

    及物 媒体 印刷
  14. 14.

    To apply; to put.

    及物

    The news article laid emphasis on the unusually young age of the criminals.

  15. 15.

    To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).

    及物

    to lay a tax on land

  16. 16.

    To impute; to charge; to allege.

    及物
  17. 17.

    To present or offer.

    及物

    to lay an indictment in a particular county

    I have laid the facts of the matter before you.

  18. 18.

    To produce and deposit an egg or eggs.

    下蛋

    产卵

    不及物
  19. 19.

    To subside or abate.

    不及物
  20. 20.

    To take a position; to come or go.

    不及物 航海 交通

    to lay forward; to lay aloft

  21. 21.

    To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

    不及物

    I found him laying on the floor.

    Let me lay down beside you. / Let me always be with you.

  22. 1.

    simple past of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)

    The baby lay in its crib and slept silently.

  23. 1.

    To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.

    They seemed more lay than clerical.

    a lay preacher; a lay brother

  2. 2.

    Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.

  3. 3.

    Not trumps.

    游戏

    a lay suit

  4. 4.

    Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

ballad

上位词 3

song poem vocal

下位词 1

minstrelsy
动词

同义词 7

put place set position pose repose put down

上位词 10

put place move set position prepare pose organize impose organise

下位词 10

sit set rest stand bed sign step throw ship middle

参见 4

layaway lay out lay aside lay over
形容词

同义词 2

secular laic

近义相关 3

secular profane nonprofessional

相关短语

lay down 放下 [法] 规定, 制定, 立法 lay off 把(衣服等)放在一边, 解雇, 停止工作, 休息, 划出 [机] 停工, 下料 lay bare 暴露, 揭发, 公开 lay out 摆开, 展示, 布置, 安排, 投资 [经] 花钱, 投资, 布局 lay low 击倒, 杀死 lay one's hands on 把…弄到手；获得；拥有 lay down arms 放下武器 lie in 在于..., 分娩, 睡懒觉 lie around 到处散放, 闲着不干事 lie in state 埋葬前任人吊唁 lie ahead 在前面；即将发生；即将来临 lie in honor lay hands on 得到, 攻击, 找到 lay to rest 埋葬, 消除

词源

Inherited from Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old English leċġan (“to lay”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie, recline”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, recline”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian lääse (“to lay; to lie”), West Frisian lizze (“to lay, to lie”), Cimbrian leng (“to lay”), Dutch leggen (“to lay”), German legen (“to lay”), Limburgish lègke (“to lay”), Luxembourgish leeën (“to lay”), Yiddish לייגן (leygn, “to lay”), Danish lægge (“to lay”), Faroese, Icelandic leggja (“to lay”), Norwegian Bokmål legge (“to lay”), Norwegian Nynorsk legga, legge, leggja, leggje (“to lay”), Swedish lägga (“to lay”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan, “to lay”), Old French laier, laiier, laire (“to leave”), Albanian lag (“troop, band, war encampment”).

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