lie
n. 谎言, 假象, 位置 vi. 躺着, 说谎, 位于, 展现, 存在, 停泊 vt. 谎骗
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释义与例句
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1.
The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
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2.
The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
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3.
The position of a fetus in the womb.
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4.
A manner of lying; relative position.
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5.
An animal's lair.
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1.
An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
谎言
假话
谎话
诳言
诳语
I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
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2.
A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
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3.
Anything that misleads or disappoints.
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4.
A liar; a dishonest person.
俚语 非裔美国英语
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1.
To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
躺
𰥛
䖙
不及物The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
Under an oak were lying asleep a pair of shepherds.
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2.
To be placed or situated.
位于
地处
坐落
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3.
To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
不及物to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hidden; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves
The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
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4.
Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
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5.
Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
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6.
Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
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7.
To lodge; to sleep.
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8.
To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
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9.
To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
法律An appeal lies in this case from the ordinary to the arches.
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1.
To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
不及物When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.
If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
Don't lie to me!
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2.
To convey a false image or impression.
说谎
撒谎
讲大话
白贼
不及物Photographs often lie.
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3.
To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
非正式 不及物Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.
词汇关系
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上位词 5
下位词 9
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词源
From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognates Cognate with Yola lee, lidge (“to lie”), leigh, leiough (“to idle”), North Frisian lade, lai, laie, lei, lii, läde, läie (“to lie; to lay”), Saterland Frisian lääse (“to lie; to lay”), West Frisian lizze (“to lie”), Alemannic German ligge (“to lie”), Central Franconian lijje (“to lie”), Dutch and Dutch Low Saxon liggen (“to lie”), German liegen (“to lie”), German Low German ligge, liggen (“to lie”), Luxembourgish leien (“to lie”), Yiddish ליגן (lign, “to lie”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge (“to lie”), Faroese and Icelandic liggja (“to lie”), Norwegian Nynorsk ligge, liggja, liggje (“to lie”), Swedish ligga (“to lie”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan, “to lie, to rest”); and with Irish laigh, luigh (“to lie”), Manx lhie (“lie; lay”), Scottish Gaelic laigh (“lie; lay”), Faliscan 𐌋𐌄𐌂𐌄𐌕 (lecet, “he lies down”), Latin lectus (“bed”), South Picene 𐌅𐌄𐌉𐌀𐌕 (veiat, “to lie”), Ancient Greek λέχομαι (lékhomai, “to lie down”), Albanian lag (“band, encampment, troop”), Belarusian ляжа́ць (ljažácʹ, “to lie”), Bulgarian лежа́ (ležá, “to lie”), Czech ležet (“to lie”), Macedonian лежи (leži, “to lie”), Polish leżeć (“to lie”), Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ, “to lie”), Serbo-Croatian лѐжати, lèžati (“to lie”), Slovene ležáti (“to lie”), Ukrainian лежа́ти (ležáty, “to lie”), Tocharian B lyäk- (“to lie”). As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.
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