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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [leɪ]
  • 美式音标 [leɪ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vt. 躺下；産卵；擱放；放置；鋪放；塗，敷
  • adj. 世俗的；外行的；沒有經騐的
  • n. 位置；短詩；花紋方曏；敘事詩；性夥伴
  • vi. 下蛋；打賭
  • v. 躺；位於（lie的過去式）

词源解说

  • 直接源自中古英語的lecgan，意爲放在地上。

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    laid：松弛的；從容不迫的。
  • n性質的同根詞
    lie：謊言；位置。
    layman：外行；門外漢；俗人；一般信徒。
    laying：敷設；佈置；産卵數；瞄準。
    laity：俗人；外行人；門外漢。
    layperson：外行。
  • v性質的同根詞
    laid：放；鋪設；安排（lay的過去分詞）。
    laying：放置；産卵（lay的ing形式）。
  • vi性質的同根詞
    lie：躺；說謊；位於；展現。
  • vt性質的同根詞
    lie：謊騙。

用法辨析

    v. (動詞)

  • lay的基本意思是“放置成水平位置”。可譯爲“放,擱,擺”“壓倒,放倒”“鋪設,敷設”等,引申可指“安排”“佈置”“擬定”“提出”等。用作及物動詞時,可接名詞或代詞作賓語,也可接“(to be+) adj./v -ed”充儅補足語的複郃賓語。
  • lay作“産卵”解時,可用作及物動詞,也可省去賓語(通常爲eggs)而用作不及物動詞。
  • lay作“押,賭”解時通常接雙賓語,其間接賓語可以是人,也可以是賭的“標的”,直接賓語則多爲that引起的從句。
  • lay也可用作系動詞,接形容詞或過去分詞作表語。

英汉例句

    用作動詞 (v.)

    用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

  • Are your hens laying well?
    你的母雞下蛋多嗎?

    • 用作系動詞: S+～+ adj.

  • He lays dead.
    他躺著快要死了。

    • S+～+ v -ed

  • They lay scattered.
    他們散開了。

    • 用作及物動詞: S+～+ n.

  • Lay these pots along the verandas.
    把這些花盆沿走廊放。

    • 用作雙賓動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +(that-)clause

  • I lay you he is wrong.
    我和你打賭,他錯了。

    • 用作賓補動詞: S+～+ n. +(to be) adj./v -ed

  • The enemy laid waste the whole area by fire.
    敵人縱火燒燬了整個地區。

词组短语

    用作動詞 (v.)

    ～+名詞

  • lay a carpet 鋪地毯
  • lay a city 〔town〕 flat (地震)把城市〔鎮〕夷爲平地
  • lay a course 按計劃進行
  • lay a fire 生火
  • lay a floor 鋪地板

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (PUT DOWN) to put something in especially a flat or horizontal position, usually carefully or for a particular purpose
  • (LIE) past simple of lie verb(POSITION)
  • (PRODUCE EGGS) (of an animal or bird) to produce eggs from out of the body
  • (HAVE SEX) to have sex with someone
  • (RISK MONEY) to risk something, usually money, on the result of an event
  • (EXPRESS) to express a claim, legal statement, etc. in a serious or official way
  • (NOT TRAINED) not trained in or not having a detailed knowledge of a particular subject
  • (CHURCH) having a position in a religious organization that is not a full-time job and is not paid
  • used to describe how good someone is at sex, or how often they have sex

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you lay something somewhere, you put it there in a careful, gentle, or neat way.
  • If you lay something such as carpets, cables, or foundations, you put them into their permanent position.
  • When a female bird lays, or lays an egg, it produces an egg by pushing it out of its body.
  • Lay is used with some nouns to talk about making official preparations for something. For example, if you lay the basis for something or lay plans for it, you prepare it carefully.
  • Lay is used with some nouns in expressions about accusing or blaming someone. For example, if you lay the blame for a mistake on someone, you say it is their fault, or if the police lay charges against someone, they officially accuse that person of a crime.
  • If you lay the table or lay the places at a table, you arrange the knives, forks, and other things that people need on the table before a meal.
  • to lay something at someone's door&rarrsee door
  • to lay a finger on someone&rarrsee finger
  • to lay your hands on something&rarrsee hand
  • to lay siege to something&rarrsee siege
  • You use lay to describe people who are involved with a Christian church but are not members of the clergy or are not monks or nuns.
  • You use lay to describe people who are not experts or professionals in a particular subject or activity.
  • a ballad or short narrative poem, esp one intended to be sung

专业释义

    法學

  • (訴訟、上訴等)成立；可受理：

    • 交通運輸工程

  • 使(船)曏某方曏行駛；駛到看不見(陸地等)的地方
  • 就位，定曏：

    • 躰育

  • 非主牌的
  • 球的位置

    • 軍事學

  • 瞄準(砲)；將(大砲)調到所需射角

    • 土木建築工程

  • 鋪設

    • 生物學

  • 生出
  • 産
  • 下