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verbadjectivenoun lay somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) She laid the baby down gently on the bed. 她把婴儿轻轻地放在床上。 He laid a hand on my arm. 他把手搭在我的胳膊上。 The horse laid back its ears. 那匹马把耳朵往后竖着。 Relatives laid wreaths on the grave. 死者亲属在墓前献了花圈。 lay somebody/something + adj. The cloth should be laid flat. 布应展开平放。 She was lying on the beach. 她躺在沙滩上。 She was laying on the beach.Why don't you lie on the bed? 你为什么不到床上躺着？ Why don’t you lay on the bed?laylieShe had lain there all night. 她在那儿躺了一整晚。 She had laid there all night. to lay a carpet/cable/pipe铺地毯；铺设电缆；铺管道 The foundations of the house are being laid today. 今天正在给房子打地基。 (figurative) They had laid the groundwork for future development. 他们为此后的发展奠定了基础。 lay A (on/over B) Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor. 他们开始前在地板上铺了报纸。 The grapes were laid to dry on racks. 葡萄被摊放在架子上晾干。 lay B with A The floor was laid with newspaper. 地板上铺了报纸。 The cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds' nests. 杜鹃在其他鸟的巢中下蛋。 new-laid eggs鲜蛋 The hens are not laying well (= not producing many eggs). 母鸡现在不爱下蛋。 to lay the table摆好餐具准备用餐 The bill was laid before Parliament. 议案已提交议会审议。 to lay a responsibility/burden on somebody把责任／重担加于某人身上 to lay somebody under an obligation to do something使某人承担做某事的义务 to lay the blame on somebody (= to blame somebody)归咎于某人 Our teacher lays great stress on good spelling (= stresses it strongly). 我们老师着力强调要拼写正确。 to lay a trap for somebody给某人设下圈套 She began to lay her plans for her escape. 她开始周密策划准备逃走。 Bad weather can upset even the best-laid plans. 天气不好，再好的计划也会打乱。 He went out hoping to get laid that night. 他那天晚上外出希望找个女人睡一宿。 lay something to lay a bet下赌注 lay something on something She had laid $100 on the favourite. 她在那匹夺标呼声最高的马上下注 100 美元。 I think he’ll come, but I wouldn’t lay money on it. lay (somebody) something (that)… I’ll lay you any money you like (that) he won’t come.我看他不来了，你愿意赌多少钱我都奉陪。 He laid the books down on the table. He laid the clothes neatly on his bed. She laid the child tenderly on the bed. The information is there; it just isn’t laid out clearly. The owners have a tastefully laid out garden. The owners have built a gift shop and a tastefully laid out caravan site. They carefully laid a blanket over the body. With a resigned sigh she laid aside her book. Failing to act now will merely lay the burden on future generations. He laid stress on the importance of cooperation. Little did he know they had laid a trap for him. She laid the blame for the crisis at the Prime Minister’s door. His book explains the theory for the lay public. 他的书为普通大众阐明了这个理论。 a lay preacher在俗传道员 an easy lay (= a person who is ready and willing to have sex)淫妇 to be a great lay为荒淫无度的荡妇 |