lay

noun

1. a narrative poem of popular origin

Synonym: ballad

2. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

Synonym: ballad

verb

1. put into a certain place or abstract location

e.g. Put your things here
Set the tray down
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Place emphasis on a certain point

Synonym: putsetplaceposeposition

2. put in a horizontal position

e.g. lay the books on the table
lay the patient carefully onto the bed

Synonym: put downrepose

3. lay eggs

e.g. This hen doesn't lay

4. prepare or position for action or operation

e.g. lay a fire
lay the foundation for a new health care plan

5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

e.g. lay a responsibility on someone

lay的解释

adj

1. not of or from a profession

e.g. a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease

2. characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

e.g. set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
the lay ministry

Synonym: laicsecular

动词和名词用法（VERB AND NOUN USES）

1. 放置；安放；搁
If you lay something somewhere, you put it there in a careful, gentle, or neat way.

e.g. Lay a sheet of newspaper on the floor...
在地上铺一张报纸。
e.g. 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。

2. 布置（餐桌）；摆放（餐具）
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.

lay的意思

e.g. The butler always laid the table.
每次都是男管家把餐具摆好。

3. 铺放；敷设；铺设
If you lay something such as carpets, cables, or foundations, you put them into their permanent position.

lay的反义词

e.g. A man came to lay the saloon carpet...
一名男子来铺客厅的地毯。
e.g. Public utilities dig up roads to lay pipes.
公共事业公司挖路铺设管道。

4. 布设，设置（陷阱）
To lay a trap means to prepare it in order to catch someone or something.

e.g. They were laying a trap for the kidnapper.
他们设下一个圈套引绑匪上钩。

5. （鸟）产（卵），下（蛋）
When a female bird lays an egg, it produces an egg by pushing it out of its body.

lay

e.g. My canary has laid an egg...
我的金丝雀生了一个蛋。
e.g. 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。

6. 奠定基础/制定规划
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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. The organisers meet in March to lay plans.
组织者们于3月碰头制订计划。

7. 归咎/起诉
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.

e.g. She refused to lay the blame on any one party...
她拒绝归咎于任何一方。
e.g. 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。

8. 押（赌注）；就…打赌
If you say that you would lay bets, odds, or money on something happening, you mean that you are very confident that it will happen.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

9. （指交媾）干，搞
To lay someone means to have sex with them.

lay的解释

10. 床上功夫高者/轻易就上床者
Lay is used in expressions such a good lay or an easy lay to describe what someone is like as a sexual partner.

lay是什么意思

11. 过分夸大；言过其实
If someone is laying it on thick or is laying it on, they are exaggerating a statement, experience, or emotion in order to try to impress people.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

12. 使易受批评（或攻击）
If you lay yourself open to criticism or attack, or if something lays you open to it, something you do makes it possible or likely that other people will criticize or attack you.

e.g. 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。
e.g. Such a statement could lay her open to ridicule.
这种言论会让人家笑话她。

13. to lay something bare -> see bare
to lay claim to something -> see claim
to lay something at someone's door -> see door
to lay eyes on something -> see eye
to lay a finger on someone -> see finger
to lay your hands on something -> see hand
to lay down the law -> see law
to lay down your life -> see life
to lay something to rest -> see rest
to lay siege to something -> see siege
to lay waste -> see waste

相关词组：lay asidelay beforelay downlay inlay intolay offlay onlay outlay up

形容词用法（ADJECTIVE USES）

1. （基督教中）平信徒的，世俗的，非神职的
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.

lay

e.g. 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。

2. 业余的；外行的；门外汉的
You use lay to describe people who are not experts or professionals in a particular subject or activity.

lay的近义词

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

1. 放：同~ay 串记:日期(day)对,快乐(gay)给.射线(ray)锐,干草(hay)黑.放(lay)要垒,付(pay)要赔.海湾(bay)在北,问路(way)喊喂.说话(say)是谁?可以(may)才美--末 尾字均为相应单词谐音.同 b~d 串记:投标(bid)一张发芽(bud)的坏(bad)床(bed).

2. (躺下)：首领(chief)奴仆(serf)两相望,谁说他们没信仰(belief),证据(proof)就在手帕上(handkerchief) 以及lie(说谎), lie(躺)lay(产卵)三个动词的变化:规则的说谎(lie-lied-lied)不规则的躺(lie-lay-lain),躺下(lay)就下蛋,下蛋的不规

3. 置：线路圆(circ-circle)的才循环,推测特别(spec-special)要思索弟弟转业了,但他的安置(lay)被推迟(delay)了,他去跟邻居比赛,但技艺(feat)又被邻居击败(defeat)了,别人还指责(denounce)说他没有(no)叔叔(uncle),在这些压力(press)下,

4. lay在线翻译

4. 层：导线结构的影响主要归因于绞合方式尤其是绞线束的层(LAY). TIGHTER LAY IMPROVES DIMENSIONAL RIGIDITY. 端子和导体的界面镀层. 在较大的作用力下,当导体滑入IDC槽中最终位置时,导体的变形和磨损导致膜破损,由经验知,