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    lay查询结果如下:

    音标:[leɪ] 现在分词:laying
    过去式:laid 过去分词:laid
    第三人称单数:lays 词频:高频常用词

    基本释义/说明:vt. 放;搁
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    a.
    ①世俗的,凡俗的[[反]clerical];
    a lay brother (sister)
    一般修士(修女)(非教会的专职修士修女).
    ②[法律,医学]外行的;未受过专业训练的[[反] professional];
    lay man(opinion)
    门外汉(外行意见).
    lay vocabulary
    非专业性的词汇.
    The lay mind understands little of the causes of diseases.
    不懂医的人是不知道疾病起因的.
    To the lay mind the language of a lawyer seems to be full of jargon.
    对于外行人来说,律师的语言中似乎充满了行话.
    n.
    ①[U]位置,(地理)形势;
    the lay of the land
    地形;地势.
    ②[U]下蛋;
    be in full lay
    下蛋多.
    ③[C]价格;
    sell sth at a good lay
    高价出售某物.
    ④[C]诗歌,歌谣;
    vi.
    ①产卵,下蛋;
    The hens are not laying.
    这些母鸡现在不下蛋了.
    ②打赌;
    lay on a horse race
    赛马打赌.
    ③努力干;
    lay to one`s work
    努力干工作.
    ④拟订计划;
    lay for a chance to escape
    拟订计划找机会溜掉.
    vt.
    ①放,搁;
    lay a knife on the dish.
    把刀子放在盘子上.
    lay one`s hand on sb`s shoulder
    把手搭在某人肩上.
    ②摆;
    lay a fire
    摆好柴火(准备生火).
    lay the table
    把桌子摆好(准备开饭).
    ③[受词后跟 to]抡,挥;
    lay one`s axe to the tree
    抡斧砍树.
    lay pen to paper
    挥笔写字.
    ④铺,铺设;铺盖;
    lay a railway track
    铺铁路轨道.
    lay a new submarine cable
    铺设新的海底电线.
    lay carpet on the floor = lay the floor with carpet
    铺地毯于地板上.
    lay straw over the yard = lay the yard with straw.
    将稻草铺盖在院中.
    ⑤砌(砖);
    be able to lay bricks very quickly
    能把砖砌得很快.
    ⑥布下(圈套);打好(基础);
    lay mines
    布下地雷.
    lay an ambush
    打埋伏.
    lay a snare
    布下陷阱.
    lay the foundation of a building
    打好楼房基础.
    ⑦[常用被动式]安排(故事的背景,情节,时间、地点等);
    The scene of the story is laid in London (in ancient times).
    故事的背景是在伦敦(古代).
    ⑧涂(颜料等);抹(沙灰浆等);
    lay colours on canvas
    将颜料涂在画布上.
    lay plaster on the wall
    在墙上抹沙灰浆.
    ⑨使倒下;使消除;使平息;
    lay sb low
    把某人打倒在地.
    lay sb in the dust with a single blow
    一拳把某人打倒在地上.
    sprinkle water on the roads to lay the dust
    把水洒在马路上不使灰尘飞扬.
    lay sb`s doubts(fear)
    消除某人疑虑(恐惧).
    The wind laid the crops.
    风把庄稼吹倒了.
    ⑩拟订(计划);提出(问题);提起(讼诉);
    lay a plan carefully
    精心地拟订计划.
    lay facts (questions) before a committee
    将事实(问题)提交委员会.
    lay one`s case before the court
    向法庭陈述.
    ⑾(禽类)下(蛋);(昆虫)产(卵);
    How many eggs does this hen lay each month?
    这只鸡一个月下多少蛋?
    ⑿赌;和…打赌;
    lay a wager on the result of the race
    在赛跑结果方面打赌.
    I`ll lay you ten yuan that he will not come.
    我愿和你赌十块钱,他不会来.
    I`ll lay you a bet that…
    我和你打赌….
    -同义词和反义词

    词性:adjective

    例句1. a lay preacher’

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    例句2. I cannot explain to a lay audience the techniques I used to study these genes’

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    词性:verb

    例句2. the Act which laid the foundation for the modern education system’

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    例句3. I’ll lay money that Michelle will be there’

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    -lay的不同词性形态

    名词 变体/同根词

    lay的复数形式
    One who tells lies.
    “He did not want to place his trust in the words of someone who was a notorious liar and thief.”
    “So now it becomes apparent that in addition to being a gutless liar, you are also a clueless mass of obtuseness.”
    “A liar or backbiter can be forgiven but back stabbing under one’s nose by your closed ones is an end to all.”
    The quality of having layers.
    “The layeredness that Smithson found within the various strata of the jetty, Shaw finds in, and grafts into, the process of textual production.”
    “And the thing I liked about glam was the layeredness of the drums, it was such a thick sound, almost choral.”
    An act of telling a lie or falsehood.
    (music) An art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano.

    动词 变体/同根词

    lay的过时拼写形式
    “And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.”
    “Aftir that, my seid lord retournyng to the campe, wold in nowise bee lodged in the same, but where he laye the furst nyght.”
    “Ryan Laye said at the annual meeting of the South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.”
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