lay

音标[lei] 读音

汉语翻译

vt. 放置, 产, 铺设, 布置, 提出, 平息
vi. 下蛋, 打赌
n. 位置, 层, 隐藏处
a. 世俗的, 外行的
lie的过去式
【化】 铺设; 敷设
相关词组:
lay the blame on sb
lay a burden on sb
lay about
lay aside
lay at
lay away
lay down
lay for
lay sth in
lay into sb
lay it on thick
lay it on with a trowel
lay sb off
lay off
lay on
lay oneself open to
lay oneself out
lay over
lay up trouble for oneself
lay wait for
to the lay mind
lay sth waste
lay sb low
lay claim to sth
lay sb's doubts

词型变化：

动词过去式:laid过去分词:laid现在分词:laying第三人称单数:lays

词意辨析：

lay, place, put, set

这些动词均有“放”之意。
lay: 指小心地把人或物平放或横放，侧重动作安稳。
place: 较正式用词，指把某物放在一个正确的位置上，侧重动作的正确。
put: 普通用词，含义较广泛。指把人或物置于某处，并将其留在该处。
set: 普通用词，指为了某种目的而将人或物放在一定位置上。指物时多指立着放。

英语解释：

名词 lay:

1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain同义词：ballad
2. a narrative poem of popular origin同义词：ballad

动词 lay:

1. put into a certain place or abstract location同义词：put, set, place, pose, position
2. put in a horizontal position同义词：put down, repose
3. prepare or position for action or operation
4. lay eggs
5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

动词 lie:

1. be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position同义词：lie
2. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position同义词：lie
3. originate (in)同义词：dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
4. be and remain in a particular state or condition同义词：lie
5. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive同义词：lie
6. have a place in relation to something else同义词：lie, rest
7. assume a reclining position同义词：lie down, lie

形容词 lay:

1. concerning those not members of the clergy同义词：laic, secular
2. not of or from a profession

例句：

1. 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。
2. She laid about him, calling him a liar and a cheat.她攻击他，说他说谎、是个骗子。
3. You may lay it on the table.你可以把它放在桌子上。
4. He knows the lay of the land here.他了解这里的地形。

详细解释：

lay

v.（动词）
laid[l3d] lay.ing,lays
v.tr.（及物动词）
To cause to lie down:
放下：使躺下：
例句：
lay a child in its crib.
将孩子放入小童床

To place in or bring to a particular state or position.
使处于：放入或使达到一特定状态或位置
To bury.
埋葬
To put or set down:
铺设：安装或铺放：
例句：
lay new railroad track.
铺设新铁轨

To produce and deposit:
生产，贮存：
例句：
lay eggs.
产蛋

To cause to subside; calm or allay:
使静下来：使减退；使平静或减轻：
例句：
.chas`d the clouds . . . and laid the winds.(John Milton)
.追逐云朵…平息风儿.(约翰·米尔顿)

To put up to or against:
靠着：贴在之上或紧挨着：
例句：
lay an ear to the door.
把耳朵贴在门上（偷听）

To put forward as a reproach or an accusation:
怪罪：提出谴责或控诉：
例句：
They laid the blame on us.
他们责怪我们

To put or set in order or readiness for use:
安排：安排就绪或准备妥当：
例句：
lay the table for lunch.
摆设餐具以备午餐

To devise; contrive:
拟定：设计；想方法：
例句：
lay plans.
制定计划

To spread over a surface:
涂覆：涂在表面：
例句：
lay paint on a canvas.
在画布上涂颜料

To place or give (importance):
注重：授予或给予（重要性）：
例句：
lay stress on clarity of expression.
强调清晰表达的重要性

To impose as a burden or punishment:
使负担：施加负担或处罚：
例句：
lay a penalty upon the offender.
对犯规者进行惩罚

To present for examination:
提呈：呈交以受审查：
例句：
lay a case before a committee.
把案件提交委员会审理

To put forward as a demand or an assertion:
提出：提出要求或主张：
例句：
laid claim to the estate.
宣称对地产拥有所有权

Games To place (a bet); wager.
【游戏】 * ；打赌
To aim (a gun or cannon).
瞄准（枪或大炮）

To place together (strands) to be twisted into rope.
编，绞：把（绳子）放在一起以捻成一股绳索
To make in this manner:
搓：以这种方式制作：
例句：
lay up cable.
搓成缆绳

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.
【粗俗用语】 【俚语】 * ：和…发生性关系
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To produce and deposit eggs.
产卵或下蛋
To bet; wager.
打赌； *
Non-Standard To lie.
【非标准用语】 躺下
To engage energetically in an action.
全力以赴：精力充沛地投入某一行动
Nautical To put oneself into the position indicated.
【航海】 就位：把自己放入指定的位置
n.（名词）

The direction the strands of a rope or cable are twisted in:
绳索绞向：绳子或缆绳的绳束捻合方向：
例句：
a left lay.
左搓法

The amount of such twist.
绳子搓编的数量
The state of one that lays eggs:
产（卵）：下蛋之物的状态：
例句：
a hen coming into lay.
母鸡要下蛋了

Vulgar Slang
【粗俗用语】 【俚语】
Sexual intercourse.
*
A partner in sexual intercourse.
* 时的配偶

lay about
To strike blows on all sides.
向四面八方打击
lay aside
To give up; abandon:
放弃；抛弃：
例句：
lay aside all hope of rescue.
放弃援救的希望

To save for the future.
储备：为将来贮存
lay away
To reserve for the future; save.
储蓄：为将来储备；贮存
To put aside and hold for future delivery.
收藏：搁置并保留至以后交付
lay by
To save for future use.
储备：储存供将来之用
lay down
To give up and surrender:
放弃并投降：
例句：
laid down their arms.
缴械投降

To specify:
规定：
例句：
laid down the rules.
制定法规

To store for the future.
储备：为将来储备
Non-Standard To lie down.
【非标准用语】 躺下
lay for 【非正式用语】
To be waiting to attack:
等待进行攻击：
例句：
Muggers lay for the unsuspecting pedestrian in the dark alley.
拦路抢劫者等候在黑暗的小巷中准备袭击那些毫无防范的行人

lay in
To store for future use:
储备：储存以备将来之用：
例句：
lay in supplies for an Arctic winter.
为北极的严冬储备给养

lay into 【俚语】
To scold sharply.
严厉批评
To attack physically; beat up.
肉体攻击；痛打
lay off
To terminate the employment of (a worker), especially temporarily.
暂时解雇员工：停止雇用（工人），尤指暂时性的
To mark off:
划界线：
例句：
lay off an area for a garden.
划出一块区域作为花园

Slang To stop doing something; quit.
【俚语】 停止做某事；放弃
Games To place all or a part of an accepted bet with another bookie in order to reduce the risk.
【游戏】 两面 * ：把全部或一部分定好的赌注分担给另一赌马者以降低风险
lay on
To apply (something) by or as if by spreading (it) onto a flat surface:
带有：将某物抹在或好象涂在一平整表面上：
例句：
laid on a thick Southern accent.
带有很重的南方口音

To prepare, usually in an elaborate fashion; arrange:
精心准备：通常指以精心策划的方法准备；安排：
例句：
laid on cocktails for 50 at the last minute.
最后时刻才调制好50份 *

Slang To present or reveal to; confront with:
【俚语】 提出或揭露；面临：
例句：
.went around talking to people about anything until he could lay his standard question on them.(John Vinocur)
.他在人群中转来转去，谈天说地，直到他最后向他们提出他的权威性问题.(约翰·维诺克)

lay out
To make a detailed plan for.
设计：为…制定详细计划
To clothe and prepare (a corpse) for burial.
穿寿衣：为（尸体）穿衣做殡葬准备
To rebuke harshly:
严厉批评：
例句：
She laid me out for breaking the vase.
因为打碎了花瓶，她痛骂我一顿

To knock to the ground or unconscious.
击到在地，打昏：击倒在地或打得失去知觉
To expend; spend:
消费；花钱：
例句：
lay out a fortune on jewelry.
买珠宝花了一大笔钱

To display:
展览：
例句：
lay out merchandise; lay the merchandise out.
展出商品；展示商品

lay over
To make a stopover in the course of a journey.
落脚：在旅行过程中停留
lay to 【航海】
To bring (a ship) to a stop in open water.
使（船）在公海上停留
To remain stationary and face into the wind.
顶着风停止
lay up
To stock for future use:
储备：为将来之用而储存：
例句：
lay up supplies for a long journey.
为漫长的旅途储备给养

Informal To confine with an illness or injury:
【非正式用语】 在家修养：因病或伤而闭门不出：
例句：
was laid up for a month.
在家休养一个月

Nautical To put (a ship) in dock, as for repairs.
【航海】 使（船）进入船坞，如进行修理
lay down the law
To assert positively and often arrogantly.
发号施令：肯定且通常是傲慢地宣称
lay it on thick【非正式用语】
To exaggerate; overstate.
夸张；夸大的叙述
To flatter effusively.
溜须拍马：拼命地恭维拍马
lay of the land
The nature, arrangement, or disposition of something.
某物的性质、排列或布置
lay rubber【俚语】
To accelerate suddenly a motor vehicle from a halt to a high speed, thereby spinning the wheels and depositing on the road a thin film of burned rubber from the rear tire or tires.
留下橡胶：将机动车从静止状态猛然提升到很高的速度时，车轮旋转，后胎或轮胎便会在路上留下一薄层烧尽的橡胶
lay waste
To ravage:
劫掠：
例句：
Rebel troops laid waste the town.
叛军洗劫了这座城镇

来源：
Middle English leien
中古英语 leien
from Old English lecgan * see legh-
源自 古英语 lecgan *参见 legh-

Lay (.to put, place, or prepare.) and lie (.to recline or be situated.) are frequently confused. Lay is a transitive verb and takes an object. Lay and its principal parts ( laid, laying ) are correctly used in the following examples:
Lay （.放、安置或准备.）和 lie （.躺下或位于.）两词经常被混淆。 Lay 是一及物动词，能接宾语。 在以下的例子中，lay 及它的分词形式（ laid，laying ）在下列句子中的用法是正确的：
例句：
He laid (not lay ) the newspaper on the table.
他已把（而不是 lay ） 报纸放在桌子上。

例句：
The table was laid for four.
四个人的餐具已安排好了。

Lieis an intransitive verb and does not take an object.Lie and its principal parts ( lay, lain, lying ) are correctly used in the following examples:
Lie是一不及物动词， 不接宾语。在以下的例句中，lie 和它的分词形式（ lay，lain，lying ）的用法是正确的：
例句：
She often lies (not lays ) down after lunch.
中饭之后她通常（而不是 lays ） 躺下休息。

例句：
When I lay (not laid ) down, I fell asleep.
我一躺倒（不是 laid ） 就睡着了。

例句：
The rubbish had lain (not laid ) there a week.
垃圾堆在那里已有（不是 laid ） 一星期了。

例句：
I was lying (not laying ) in bed when he called.
他来访时我正躺在（而不是 laying ） 床上 。

There are a few exceptions to these rules.The phrasal verblay for and the nautical use of lay, as inlay at anchor, though intransitive, are well established.
对于这些规则也有一些例外。动词词组lay for 及航海用语 lay ， 如在lay at anchor （抛锚）中， 虽然为不及物动词，但已被广泛接受了

lay
lay 2

adj.（形容词）
Of, relating to, or involving the laity:
世俗的：世俗的、与世俗有关的或包含世俗的：
例句：
a lay preacher.
非神职布道者

Not of or belonging to a particular profession; nonprofessional:
外行的：不是或不属于某一特殊职业的；未经职业训练的：
例句：
a lay opinion as to the seriousness of the disease.
关于这种疾病的非专业的意见

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French lai
源自 古法语 lai
from Late Latin l3icus
源自 后期拉丁语 l3icus
from Greek laikos [of the people]
源自 希腊语 laikos [人民的]
from laos [the people]
源自 laos [人民]

lay
lay 3

n.（名词）
A narrative poem, such as one sung by medieval minstrels; a ballad.
叙事诗：一种叙事诗，如中世纪为吟游诗人所传唱的；民谣
A song; a tune.
歌曲；曲调

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French lai
源自 古法语 lai

lay
lay 4

v.（动词）
Past tense of lie
lie的过去式