英汉词典

lay 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）

lay 词态变化

lay 中文词源

来自PIE*legh,躺，放置，词源同lie,lair,beleaguer.语法上为lie的宾格动词形式。

来自希腊语laikos,人民，普通的，词源同laity,layperson.引申词义非神职人员的，世俗的，引申词义外行的。

lay 英文词源

lay

lay: English has three words lay. The common verb, ‘cause to lie’ [OE], goes back to the prehistoric Germanic base *lag- ‘put’, a variant of which produced lie. From it was derived *lagjan, whose modern descendants are German legen, Dutch leggen, Swedish lägga, Danish lægge, and English lay. Law comes from the same source, and it is possible that ledge [14] may be an offshoot of lay (which in Middle English was legge). Ledger could well be related too. Lay ‘secular’ [14] comes via Old French lai and Latin lāicus from Greek lāikós, a derivative of lāós ‘the people’.

And lay ‘ballad’ [13] comes from Old French lai, a word of unknown origin.
=> law, lie, ledger; liturgy

lay (v.)

Old English lecgan "to place on the ground (or other surface)," also "put down (often by striking)," from Proto-Germanic *lagjan (cognates: Old Saxon leggian, Old Norse leggja, Old Frisian ledza, Middle Dutch legghan, Dutch leggen, Old High German lecken, German legen, Gothic lagjan "to lay, put, place"), causative of lie (v.2). As a noun, from 1550s, "act of laying." Meaning "way in which something is laid" (as in lay of the land) first recorded 1819.

Meaning "have sex with" first recorded 1934, in U.S. slang, probably from sense of "deposit" (which was in Old English, as in lay an egg, lay a bet, etc.), perhaps reinforced by to lie with, a phrase frequently met in the Bible. The noun meaning "woman available for sexual intercourse" is attested from 1930, but there are suggestions of it in stage puns from as far back as 1767. To lay for (someone) "await a chance at revenge" is from late 15c.; lay low "stay inconspicuous" is from 1839. To lay (someone) low preserves the secondary Old English sense.

lay (adj.)

"uneducated; non-clerical," early 14c., from Old French lai "secular, not of the clergy" (Modern French laïque), from Late Latin laicus, from Greek laikos "of the people," from laos "people," of unknown origin. In Middle English, contrasted with learned, a sense revived 1810 for "non-expert."

lay (n.)

"short song," mid-13c., from Old French lai "song, lyric," of unknown origin, perhaps from Celtic (compare Irish laid "song, poem," Gaelic laoidh "poem, verse, play") because the earliest verses so called were Arthurian ballads, but OED finds this "out of the question" and prefers a theory which traces it to a Germanic source, such as Old High German leich "play, melody, song."

lay 词组搭配

lay 英文释义

1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

2. a narrative poem of popular origin

lay 同义词解析

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。指物是多指立着放。

lay 双语例句

1. On Sunday Cohen lay around the house all day.

科恩星期天一整天都在家无所事事。

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2. Under the newspaper, atop a sheet of paper, lay an envelope.

在报纸下面的一张纸上放着一个信封。

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3. Bob slid from his chair and lay prone on the floor.

鲍勃从椅子上滑下来，趴在了地板上。

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4. Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.

帆船停泊在狭窄的水道上。

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5. He lay beside her awkwardly, propped on an elbow.

他用一只胳膊肘支着身体，别扭地躺在她旁边。

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lay 实用场景例句

She laid the baby down gently on the bed.

她把婴儿轻轻地放在床上。

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He laid a hand on my arm.

他把手搭在我的胳膊上。

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The horse laid back its ears.

那匹马把耳朵往后竖着。

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Relatives laid wreaths on the grave.

死者亲属在墓前献了花圈。

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The cloth should be laid flat.

布应展开平放。

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to lay a carpet/cable/pipe

铺地毯；铺设电缆；铺管道

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The foundations of the house are being laid today.

今天正在给房子打地基。

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(figurative)They had laid the groundwork for future development.

他们为此后的发展奠定了基础。

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Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor.

他们开始前在地板上铺了报纸。

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Lay a sheet of newspaper on the floor...

在地上铺一张报纸。

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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。

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The butler always laid the table.

每次都是男管家把餐具摆好。

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A man came to lay the saloon carpet...

一名男子来铺客厅的地毯。

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Public utilities dig up roads to lay pipes.

公共事业公司挖路铺设管道。

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They were laying a trap for the kidnapper.

他们设下一个圈套引绑匪上钩。

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My canary has laid an egg...

我的金丝雀生了一个蛋。

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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。

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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。

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The organisers meet in March to lay plans.

组织者们于3月碰头制订计划。

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She refused to lay the blame on any one party...

她拒绝归咎于任何一方。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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The party thereby lays itself open to charges of conflict of interest...

该党因此难免被人指责有利益冲突。

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Such a statement could lay her open to ridicule.

这种言论会让人家笑话她。

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Edwards is a Methodist lay preacher and social worker.

爱德华是一位循道宗在俗传教士兼社会工作者。

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It is difficult for a lay person to gain access to medical libraries...

非业内人士难以进入医学图书馆。

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It is not just a textbook for professional diplomats. The lay reader will enjoy the anecdotes.

它不仅仅是职业外交家的教科书，里面的轶事趣闻外行的读者也会喜欢。

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