单词：lays
n a narrative poem of popular origin
v put into a certain place or abstract location
v put in a horizontal position
v prepare or position for action or operation
v lay eggs
v impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
lay的用法和样例：
例句
- You may lay it on the table.你可以把它放在桌子上。
- I lay down not so much to sleep as to think.我躺下来与其说是要睡觉，倒不如说是要思考。
- I'll lay odds of three to one that he gets the job.我以三比一的赔率打赌，他能得到那份工作。
- He showed us how to lay out a printed page.他告诉我们怎样设计版面。
- Surveyors lay out Wall Street along the line of the stockade.测量员沿着栅栏设计出墙街。
- They lay eggs from the beginning of July to the middle of August.它们在7月初到8月中这段时间产卵。
- He knows the lay of the land here.他了解这里的地形。
- Lay more emphasis on combating corruption and advocating integrity.把反腐倡廉放在更加突出的位置上。
- A lay figure can be placed in any position, or attitude, and clothed in any costume and thus serves as a model for the drapery.人体模型可以放在任何位置，摆成任何姿势，穿上任何服装，作为服装店的模特儿。
- A lay opinion as to the seriousness of the disease.关于这种疾病的非专业的意见
- The lay public must be convinced that this is right and beneficial, and the medical fraternity must be held to the standards of the subuniverse.世俗的大众将会相信这是对的并有利的，而医学会友维持在此次级共同体的标准上。
常见句型
- Are your hens laying well?你的母鸡下蛋多吗?
- The hens are not laying well at the moment.现在这些鸡下蛋不多。
- You can't feed a hen in the morning and expect it to lay in the afternoon.你不能期望上午喂鸡,下午就生蛋。
- He lays dead.他躺着快要死了。
- The snow lays thick on the ground.雪厚厚地铺在地上。
- Some books lay loose.一些书松开了。
- The fallen leaves lay wet.落叶湿了。
- The carpet lays smooth.毯子铺得很平整。
- They lay scattered.他们散开了。
- Lay these pots along the verandas.把这些花盆沿走廊放。
- We all helped her to lay supper.我们都动手帮她摆好晚餐。
- Will you lay the table?你摆餐具好吗?
- Who will lay the linoleum?谁将铺设地板油毡?
- The workers are laying the tracks.工人们正在铺铁轨。
- Recently they have laid an underground pipeline.最近他们铺设了一条地下管道。
- It was in winter that they dug trenches and laid the oil pipes.他们是在冬天挖沟铺设油管的。
- This workman is able to lay bricks very quickly.这位工人能快速地铺砖。
- He had laid the foundation of his future success.他已为未来的成功打下了基础。
- The prisoners laid an escape plan.囚犯们制定出越狱计划。
- He laid the design of the book.他已拟好该书的纲要。
- The earthquake laid the city.地震把城市夷为平地。
- The rain quickly laid the dust.雨水很快荡涤了空中飞扬的尘土。
- Sprinkle water on the road to lay the dust.洒水于路上,以免灰尘飞扬。
- His statement laid the rumor.他的声明澄清了这一谣言。
- The hens lay eggs every day.这些鸡每天都下蛋。
- Her hen lays an egg every other day.她的鸡隔天下一个蛋。
- Last week they laid 30 eggs, but this week the hens aren't laying.上星期那些母鸡下了30个蛋,但本周没有下蛋。
- The cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds' nests.杜鹃在别的鸟巢中产卵。
- A turtle lays many eggs at one time.海龟一次生很多蛋。
- Several months later, the larvae became fully grown and the adults began to lay eggs.几个月后幼虫长成成虫,开始产卵。
- They lay this misfortune at your door.他们把这一不幸归咎于你。 1
- The country was laid in ruins.这个国家成了一片废墟。
- The books have been lying here ever since they were laid here.这些书自放在这里之日起,一直在这里未动过。
- A new submarine cable was laid from England to Holland.英国至荷兰间铺设了新的海底电缆。
- A preliminary groundwork must be laid this year.今年要打好初步基础。
- A few days after the eggs are laid, young frogs which are called tadpole come out of them.卵产下几天以后,称为蝌蚪的青蛙幼虫就从卵里出来了。
- The scene of the story is laid in the old liberated areas in Jiangxi.这个故事以江西老解放区为背景。
- Her fears were soon laid.她的恐惧很快平息了下来。
- I lay you he is wrong.我和你打赌,他错了。
- I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.我出5英镑打赌,你不会成功。
- He lays five dollars that she will not come.他赌五美元,她不会来。
- I lay ten yuan Tom is wrong.我赌10元,汤姆错了。
- The enemy laid waste the whole area by fire.敌人纵火烧毁了整个地区。
- I'll lay the plots open.我要揭发那阴谋。
- Presently he laid the paper carefully folded across his knees and closed his eyes.不久他把这张报纸仔细对折好,放在膝盖上,合上了眼睛。
- They laid bare the enemy's design.他们使敌人的计划暴露了。 1
- The trees were laid flat by heavy wind.树木被风刮倒了。
- Crops were laid flat by heavy rainstorms.作物被暴风雨击倒了。
- His head was laid open.他的头受伤了。
- The mystery was soon laid bare.秘密很快被披露。
常用短语
- 乱打 strike wildly with sthlay about
He laid about with a stick.
他手持棍子奋力冲打。
- 猛攻 attack violentlylay about sb/sth
He laid about them with a stick.
他手持棍子猛打他们。
He rushed into the midst of the hooligans and laid about him fearlessly.
他冲到那群恶棍中间,毫无畏惧地向四面八方乱打。
When ruffians attacked him, he laid about them vigorously.
当歹徒攻击他时,他奋勇地跟他们搏斗。
- 积蓄(金钱),留出(时间) save money or time
- 埋葬 bury a person
- 提交 refer tolay sth before sb/sth
I laid the matter squarely before him.
我把这一问题直截了当地向他提出来。
The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.
提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
We laid the issue before the committee.
我们向委员会提出了这个问题。
The bill has been laid before the Congress.
该议案已提交国会审议。
- 储蓄,存留(备将来之用) save for future needslay sth ⇔ by
Every month he laid by fifty dollars out of his salary.
每月他从薪水中存储50美元。
- 训斥,发号施令 dress down;give orders
- 〈非正〉暗中等待(伺机攻击),埋伏着等待 hide and wait for in order to catch or attacklay for sb/sth
They were laying for him in the dark, and when he went out of his car, they all fell upon him.
他们乘黑暗等着他,他一下车,他们一起向他猛扑过去。
The bandits laid for him in the dark.
歹徒们埋伏在暗处伺机攻击他。
lay sth for sbThe hunter laid a trap for the tiger.
猎人设置了陷阱捕捉老虎。
- 贮存,储备 store;stock uplay in with sth
Peter is laying in with good red wine for his wedding party.
彼得正为他的结婚聚会储备红葡萄酒。
Mother is laying in with some peanuts for the Spring Festival.
母亲正为春节准备一些花生。
lay sth ⇔ inShe has laid in provisions against a shortage.
她贮藏粮食以备短缺。
We usually lay in extra coal in case of emergencies .
我们通常额外贮备一些煤,以备急用。
She bought many fresh eggs and preserved them in salted water, because she wanted to lay them in for her little son.
她买了许多鲜蛋用盐水腌了起来,因为她想存起来给她的小儿子吃。
At the beginning of the winter supplies were laid in, in case heavy falls of snow should block the road.
为预防下大雪阻塞道路,在初冬人们就把生活必需品储备起来了。
- 〈非正〉攻击 attack sb physically or verballylay into sb
He's frightened to stay out late in case his mother lays into him again.
他很怕在外边呆得太晚,唯恐母亲又要把他痛打一顿。
At the committee meeting the experts laid into each other fiercely.
在委员会会议上,专家们互相猛烈抨击。
The senator laid into the opponents of his bill.
那位参议员抨击反对他的提案的人。
In a speech of about twenty minutes he laid into the Opposition.
在大约二十分钟的发言中,他痛斥了反对党。
He laid into the defenders and scored a goal.
他攻入守区并踢进一球。
- 暂时解雇 dismiss temporarilylay off
The doctor told me to lay off for a week.
医生要我休息一周。
The teacher told him to lay off a couple of days.
老师告诉他休息一两天。
lay offI wish you would lay off!
但愿你别再说别人不好了。
lay sb ⇔ offBill has not lost his job. His firm laid him off for two weeks.
比尔并没有失业,他的公司让他停工两周。
In the economic depression the firm laid off some of their workmen.
经济萧条时,公司临时辞退了一些工人。
The factory had to lay some workers off when its orders decreased.
订货减少,那所工厂得解雇一些工人。
The work force has been laid off.
工人们被辞退了。
Five hundred men were laid off when the factory closed after the fire.
大火过后,这家工厂关闭了,500名工人被解雇。
There has been nothing to do since I got laid off.
从我被解雇以来,我一直没活干。
- 停止做某种不快的事 stop doing sth unpleasant
- 组织,安排 organize;make arrangement forlay on
The soldiers laid on with a will.
战士们开始猛烈地进攻。
Taking up a stick, he caught the boy and laid on vigorously.
他操起一根棍子,抓住那男孩猛打。
lay onThey all moved into apartments with water and electricity laid on.
他们都搬进了装有水电的单元套房。
We have got a house with gas and water laid on.
我们有了装有煤气和自来水的房子。
lay sth ⇔ onThe firm always lays on a special meal for the staff about Christmas.
圣诞节前后,这家公司总是为全体职员供应一顿特殊的饭。
The telephone is laid on.
电话已安装好了。
lay sth ⇔ onThey laid on two coats of paint.
他们已涂了两层油漆。
She laid the paint on thickly.
她浓浓地抹了一层脂粉。
lay sth ⇔ onThe government has laid on a new tax.
政府已开征新税。
The firm is laying on higher prices.
这个公司正在强行加价。
lay sth ⇔ onI'll lay on a car tomorrow and have you run down to London.
明天我安排一部车将你送到伦敦市内。
I laid on a party for his birthday.
我为他的生日安排一个庆祝会。
Sightseeing tours were laid on for the distinguished visitors from China.
给中国来的贵宾安排了旅游观光。
- 强调,把…强加于某人 emphasize;stress
- 准备殡葬 prepare a body for burial
- (使)停泊 (cause to) come to anchorlay to off sth
The ship lays to off the coast.
这艘船停泊在海岸外面。
lay sth to off sthHe laid the ship to off the coast.
他把船停泊在海岸外面。
- 使(某人)呆在床上(或室内) cause sb to stay in bed or indoors
- 用…铺设 cover (a surface) with sthlay sth with sth
The floor of the entire house was laid with carpet.
房子里地面都铺了地毯。
This road is laid with asphalt.
这条路是用沥青铺的。
词汇搭配
- 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
- lay a ghost驱除鬼怪
- lay a pipe铺管道
- lay a scheme策划阴谋
- lay a sewer安装排水管
- lay a trap设圈套
- lay a turf铺草皮
- lay a wager打赌
- lay a wreath献花圈
- lay ambush设埋伏
- lay bombs埋炸弹
- lay breakfast摆好桌吃早饭
- lay bricks砌砖
- lay cloth铺桌布
- lay colours涂颜料
- lay doubts消除疑惑
- lay dust消除尘土
- lay eggs下蛋,产卵
- lay explosives埋炸药
- lay facts陈述事实
- lay fine罚款
- lay heads together研讨计划
- lay indictment提起公诉
- lay lunch摆好桌子吃午饭
- lay mines布雷
- lay pavement铺路面
- lay plans准备计划
- lay plaster抹泥
- lay plates摆菜盘(准备用餐)
- lay railroad track铺设铁轨
- lay snare设陷阱
- lay spirit驱除鬼魂
- lay submarine cable铺设海底电缆
- lay supper摆好桌子吃晚饭
- lay tempest平息风暴
- lay the basis打基础
- lay the blanket盖毯子
- lay the cloth铺桌布
- lay the crops flat把庄稼割倒在地
- lay the dust消除灰尘
- lay the foundation奠定基础
- lay the land waste使…成一片荒凉
- lay the table摆好餐具
- lay asleep使入睡
- lay bare露出,揭开
- lay flat使…倒下
- lay open揭发,使…暴露
- lay waste损坏
- lay recently最近铺设
- lay squarely直截了当地提出
- lay well下蛋很多
- lay about乱打
- lay across横着放
- lay along顺着放
- lay aside把…搁在一边
- lay book aside把书搁在一边
- lay project aside放弃这个方案
- lay aside the habit of smoking戒烟
- lay away把…放在一边,积蓄,抛弃,埋葬
- lay back使…向后
- lay by储存,把…放在一边
- lay down放下,放弃,牺牲,制定,建造,储藏
- lay down a general policy制订总的方针
- lay down one's arms放下武器投降
- lay down one's power放弃权力
- lay down one's precious life献出宝贵的生命
- lay oneself down to sleep躺下睡觉
- lay in储备,储存
- lay in provisions贮存食物
- lay off把…放在一边,解雇,停止,打扰
- lay off workers解雇工人
- lay on安排(茶点,娱乐,活动等),提供(交通工具等),安装(水,电,煤气)
- lay on a next tax征收一种新税
- lay on blows猛烈打击
- lay on water and gas安装自来水和煤气
- lay out摊开,展开,安排,布置,设计,花(钱、精力等)
- lay out pictures设计版面
- lay out the meeting布置会场
- lay over推迟某事
- lay to(使)停泊
- lay up储存,使某人因病卧床
- lay up a car把汽车搁置不用
- lay up goods贮藏货物
- lay about向四面八方乱打
- lay across横跨
- lay across the river横跨河流
- lay against靠…放,控告
- lay an accusation against sb控告某人
- lay along顺置,顺着放
- lay around在…周围放置
- lay before摆到…前面,递交
- lay report before a meeting向会议提交报告
- lay facts before the committee将事实提交委员会
- lay one's case before the court向法院起诉
- lay before the House of Commons递交下议院
- lay behind落后于
- lay behind most countries落后于大多数国家
- lay by放在…旁边
- lay for等待时机,埋伏着等待
- lay for the enemies给敌人设下…
- lay in挡路,淹没
- lay in the dust化为灰烬
- lay into狠打,责骂
- lay off停止…,戒掉…
- lay off alcohol戒烟
- lay on把…放在…,把…强加于
- lay one's hands on对…下毒手
- lay one's hopes on指望,期待
- lay stress on强调
- lay on a second coat of paint再涂一层漆
- lay duties on imports对进口货抽税
- lay the books on the desk把书放在书桌上
- lay one's cards on the table摊牌
- lay over涂…,覆盖
- lay to把船驶入安全地带
- lay to heart牢记
- lay to rest埋葬,消除
- lay claim to the property争财产所有权
- lay under使某人顺从,使某人服从
- lay with用…铺
- lay the road with asphalt用柏油铺路
- lay the yard with straw将稻草铺在院子里
经典引文
W. S. Gilbert's lay of the two Englishmen wrecked on a desert island.
出自：E. HuxleyOne can never spontaneously burst into song, however doleful a lay.
出自：N. FryeBy venturing my life upon an even lay with him.
出自：DefoeParticular attention must now be given to women, both lay and religious.
出自：New York TimesWe check the fire by laying flat Each building in its path.
出自：BrowningLike flaws in summer laying lusty corn.
出自：Tennyson
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