lay
lay
英[leɪ]美[leɪ]
v.放置，布置餐桌，铺放，涂，提出，产（卵），筹划，押（赌注），交媾，生火；
v.平躺（lie的过去式）；
n.性伴侣，诗歌；
adj.外行的，世俗的；
第三人称单数：lays;
过去式：laid;
过去分词：laid;
现在分词：laying;
例句
She lay down for half an hour.她休息了半小时。
There's something wrong with this car; we have to lay it up.这辆汽车有毛病, 我们只得停止使用。
The city lay in ruins after the earthquake.地震之后, 这座城市成为一片废墟。
Of course, I lay no claim to being a famous writer.当然, 我不以名作家自居。
She is always hard up because she doesn’t lay out her money wisely.她总是缺钱花,因为她胡乱花钱。
There below lay Paris in all its splendour.那下面就是光彩夺目的巴黎。
She will be willing to lay out 2000 dollars for a washing machine.她乐意花2000美元买一台洗衣机。
I wish you would lay off!但愿你别再说别人不好了。
Lay off that girl!别缠着那个女孩子了。
Lay the baby down gently.请将婴儿轻轻放下。
英语六级真题
It laid emphasis on women's beauty.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Unfortunately, the union in Chicago is insisting that teachers who are laid off—often for being ineffective— should get priority in new hiring.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文According to Chinese officials, their activities in Antarctica lay greater emphasis on scientific research.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文That is because the engineers, designers, regulators, operators, and all of the other skilled people needed for the new energy industry are specialists who have to be trained first ( ' , or retrained, if they are the ones being laid off in some related industry), and education, like any other complicated endeavor, takes times.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文So when fly the north, they might lay eggs in Louisiana and die.
出自-2014年6月听力原文They start to lay eggs when they are nine months old
出自-2014年6月听力原文Only the strongest can reach their destination to lay eggs.
出自-2014年6月听力原文Each flock of butterflies lays eggs in the same states.
出自-2014年6月听力原文Each generation in a cycle lays eggs at a different place
出自-2014年6月听力原文Later working together in London, they laid the foundations of modern physics by showing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles.
出自-2013年12月听力原文Apparently the bus company will be laying off its employees if they can't reach an agreement on wages by midnight.
出自-2013年12月听力原文Laying the foundations of modem mathematics
出自-2013年12月听力原文They lay great emphasis on hard work.
出自-2013年6月听力原文Last year, Andrea's husband, Rick, a miner in Nevada was laid off.
出自-2012年12月听力原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
放置；安放；搁
If you lay something somewhere, you put it there in a careful, gentle, or neat way.
例句
Lay a sheet of newspaper on the floor...在地上铺一张报纸。My father's working bench was covered with a cloth and his coffin was laid there...爸爸的工作台上盖了一块布，他的灵枢就陈放在那儿。VERB
布置（餐桌）；摆放（餐具）
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.
例句
The butler always laid the table.每次都是男管家把餐具摆好。VERB
铺放；敷设；铺设
If you lay something such as carpets, cables, or foundations, you put them into their permanent position.
例句
A man came to lay the saloon carpet...一名男子来铺客厅的地毯。Public utilities dig up roads to lay pipes.公共事业公司挖路铺设管道。VERB
布设，设置（陷阱）
To lay a trap means to prepare it in order to catch someone or something.
例句
They were laying a trap for the kidnapper.他们设下一个圈套引绑匪上钩。VERB
（鸟）产（卵），下（蛋）
When a female bird lays an egg, it produces an egg by pushing it out of its body.
例句
My canary has laid an egg...我的金丝雀生了一个蛋。Freezing weather in spring hampered the hens' ability to lay.春天严寒的天气降低了母鸡的产蛋能力。VERB
奠定基础/制定规划
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.
例句
Diplomats meeting in Chile have laid the groundwork for far-reaching environmental regulations...在智利会面的外交官们已经为那些对未来影响深远的环境保护条例的制定打好了基础。The organisers meet in March to lay plans.组织者们于3月碰头制订计划。VERB
归咎/起诉
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.
例句
She refused to lay the blame on any one party...她拒绝归咎于任何一方。He could not bear to lay too much responsibility for the unhappiness of his later years on his own shoulders...为自己晚景凄凉承担这么多责任，他接受不了。VERB
押（赌注）；就…打赌
If you say that you would lay bets, odds, or money on something happening, you mean that you are very confident that it will happen.
例句
I wouldn't lay bets on his still remaining manager after the spring...我看他的这个经理当不到春天之后了。I'll lay odds that Dean is at your office right now.我敢打赌迪安现在就在你办公室。VERB
（指交媾）干，搞
To lay someone means to have sex with them.
N-COUNT
床上功夫高者/轻易就上床者
Lay is used in expressions such a good lay or an easy lay to describe what someone is like as a sexual partner.
PHRASE
过分夸大；言过其实
If someone is laying it on thick or is laying it on, they are exaggerating a statement, experience, or emotion in order to try to impress people.
例句
Don't lay it on too thick, but make sure they are flattered...不要吹捧得太露骨，不过一定要恭维得他们很惬意。I may have spoken a bit too freely, been a bit extreme, even laid it on a little.我可能有些自由发挥，有些极端，甚至有些言过其实了。PHRASE
使易受批评（或攻击）
If you lay yourself open to criticism or attack, or if something lays you open to it, something you do makes it possible or likely that other people will criticize or attack you.
例句
The party thereby lays itself open to charges of conflict of interest...该*因此难免被人指责有利益冲突。Such a statement could lay her open to ridicule.这种言论会让人家笑话她。英汉词典释义
vt.
放置, （尤指轻轻地或小心地）放置, 安放, 搁
He laid his coat over a chair.他把外衣放在椅子上。压倒, 使躺下, 放倒
The trees were laid flat by heavy wind.树木被风刮倒了。使平息, 使消失
The rain quickly laid the dust.雨水很快消除了空中飞扬的尘土。打赌, 下赌注
I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.我出五英镑打赌, 你不会成功。铺，铺放，铺设（尤指在地板上）
（在某物上）摊开，涂，敷；用一层…覆盖
摆放餐具（准备就餐）
提出，提交（建议、信息等）
使处于特定状态（尤指困境）
（与名词连用构成短语，其含义与该相关名词的动词相同）
周密准备；筹划；设置
与（某人）性交
（摆好木、柴或煤）生火
打倒，击倒，使…倒下，将…打倒在地
The summer storm laid the crops.夏日的风暴刮倒了庄稼。有次序地放置；砌(砖)；铺放(地毯等)；敷设
以…为背景;故事发生在…[常用于 the scene is laid …中]
The scene of the novel is laid in a hotel.小说的故事发生在一家旅馆里。奠基；打基础
把(负担、命令、责任、惩罚等)加于；课税；归(咎)于，将罪责归咎于
埋，埋葬
The old man was laid in a cemetery.老人葬在一座公墓。vt. & vi.
生蛋, 产卵
The hens don't lay during this cold weather.这样冷的天气母鸡不会下蛋。The duck laid ten eggs this month.这只鸭子本月下了十个蛋。n.
（通常供吟唱的）叙事诗
性伙伴；（尤指）性交的女人
方位，放置方向；地形(走向)，地理形势
列；层；层面
(绳索等的)股数(或搓合方式)；绳索质地；绳索绞距
(能唱的)短诗；短叙事诗
歌，歌曲；曲调；旋律；(鸟的)啭鸣
【冶金学】花纹方向；捻向，捻距
adj.
外行的；非专业的；缺少专门知识的
普通教徒（有别于神职人员）的，在俗的
世俗的；凡俗的；凡人的；非神职的(与教会中神职人员相对)
(修士在修道院)干勤杂的
没有经验的；外行的；非专业性的；未经专门训练的
vi.
打赌，押赌注
致力于；竭尽全力；狠打
He caught the thief and began to lay on.他抓住小偷并开始狠揍他。英英词典释义
Noun
1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
2. a narrative poem of popular origin
Verb
1. put into a certain place or abstract location;
"Put your things here""Set the tray down""Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children""Place emphasis on a certain point"2. put in a horizontal position;
"lay the books on the table""lay the patient carefully onto the bed"3. prepare or position for action or operation;
"lay a fire""lay the foundation for a new health care plan"4. lay eggs;
"This hen doesn't lay"5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment;
"lay a responsibility on someone"Adjective
1. concerning those not members of the clergy;
"set his collar in laic rather than clerical position""the lay ministry""the choir sings both sacred and secular music"2. not of or from a profession;
"a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"行业词典
体育： 捻绳的方向；
法律： 世俗；
