lay
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;产卵;搁放;放置;铺放;涂,敷
- adj. 世俗的;外行的;没有经验的
- n. 位置;短诗;花纹方向;叙事诗;性伙伴
- vi. 下蛋;打赌
- v. 躺;位于(lie的过去式)
词源解说
- 直接源自中古英语的lecgan,意为放在地上。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- laid:松弛的;从容不迫的。
- n性质的同根词
- lie:谎言;位置。
- layman:外行;门外汉;俗人;一般信徒。
- laying:敷设;布置;产卵数;瞄准。
- laity:俗人;外行人;门外汉。
- layperson:外行。
- v性质的同根词
- laid:放;铺设;安排(lay的过去分词)。
- laying:放置;产卵(lay的ing形式)。
- vi性质的同根词
- lie:躺;说谎;位于;展现。
- vt性质的同根词
- lie:谎骗。
用法辨析
- lay的基本意思是“放置成水平位置”。可译为“放,搁,摆”“压倒,放倒”“铺设,敷设”等,引申可指“安排”“布置”“拟定”“提出”等。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语,也可接“(to be+) adj./v -ed”充当补足语的复合宾语。
- lay作“产卵”解时,可用作及物动词,也可省去宾语(通常为eggs)而用作不及物动词。
- lay作“押,赌”解时通常接双宾语,其间接宾语可以是人,也可以是赌的“标的”,直接宾语则多为that引起的从句。
- lay也可用作系动词,接形容词或过去分词作表语。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- Are your hens laying well?
你的母鸡下蛋多吗? - He lays dead.
他躺着快要死了。 - They lay scattered.
他们散开了。 - Lay these pots along the verandas.
把这些花盆沿走廊放。 - I lay you he is wrong.
我和你打赌,他错了。 - The enemy laid waste the whole area by fire.
敌人纵火烧毁了整个地区。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作系动词: S+~+ adj.
S+~+ v -ed
用作及物动词: S+~+ n.
用作双宾动词: S+~+ n./pron. +(that-)clause
用作宾补动词: S+~+ n. +(to be) adj./v -ed
词组短语
- lay a carpet 铺地毯
- lay a city 〔town〕 flat (地震)把城市〔镇〕夷为平地
- lay a course 按计划进行
- lay a fire 生火
- lay a floor 铺地板
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
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
- 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
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专业释义
- (诉讼、上诉等)成立;可受理:
- 使(船)向某方向行驶;驶到看不见(陆地等)的地方
- 就位,定向:
- 非主牌的
- 球的位置
- 瞄准(炮);将(大炮)调到所需射角
- 铺设
- 生出
- 产
- 下