lay [ lei] vt.置放；铺设；设置
lay hold of 握住；控制住；占有
lay aside 把…放在一边；储存
lay down 放下；铺设(铁路)
lay off 停止；(临时)解雇
lay out 花费；布置；摆开
lay over 涂，覆盖；压倒
lay up 贮存，储蓄；暂停使用
lay in 贮存，贮藏
lay over 使延期
lay to 把(功、过)归于
lay waste 损毁，蹂躏
lay aside 把<东西> (暂时地) 堆置一边
lay down 安装、建造、铺设
lay off 解雇
lay out 陈列,布局
lay aside
把<东西> (暂时地) 堆置一边
lay down
安装、建造、铺设
lay off
解雇
lay out
陈列,布局
lay [lei] vt. 放,搁
虎父无犬子 A wise goose never lays a tame egg.
末位淘汰 (under the new personnel system) the person graded last in the performance evaluation will be laid off from his position
摊牌 put/lay one’s card on the table
下岗职工 laid-off workers
Standard for Fire Protection of Vessels During Construction, Repair, and Lay-Up
在船只建设、修理和升级时的防火标准
lay the roots for 扎根于
to be laid down in the contract 在合同中列明
reverse lay-up 反手走篮
下岗职工 laid-off workers
下岗职工 laid-off workers
下岗 laid-off workers
下岗职工 laid-off workers
In conclusion, we must lay emphasis on this problem and make our maximum contribution to help them spend their first day on campus smoothly.
总之，我们应重视这个问题，尽最大努力帮助他们平稳度过他们最初的校园生活。
Since it is unnecessary to consider student's routine life, day school can lay stress on teaching instead of other aspects, such as management of dormitory and cafeteria.
由于无需考虑学生的日常生活，日制学校可以将重点放在教学上而不是放在像宿舍和食堂管理这些方面。
Hand lay-up 手工铺叠，手工铺贴
Lay-up (塑料，夹板的)铺叠成型
Manual Lay-Up 人工手糊
Laid-off workers 下岗职工
Lay-offs 下岗人员
Some managers have raised objection to laying off too many employees.
有些经理反对过分裁员。
The East-West oil pipeline is nearly half welded and laid.
东西贯通的输油管道已经差不多焊接和铺设好了一半。
For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travellers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it , let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface.
除了一些洲际旅行者和以大海为生的人，对于大多数人来说，大海是遥远的，没有什么必要提出太多问题，更别说思考大海海底的东西了。
The first time that the question “ What is at the bottom of the oceans?” had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed.
当铺设一条从欧洲到美洲的海底电报光缆的时候，出于商业动机，人们第一次不得不回答这个问题“海底是什么东西”。
While the undergraduate curriculum for an open Bachelor of Science degree, as listed by a department, may have its own unique features, each program must be laid out in consultation with a departmental representative to assure that it is meaningful in structure and challenging in content.
尽管开放式理学学士本科课程计划由系里列出，可以有一些自己独特的特点，但每个项目的列出必须与系代表进行协商，以此来保证课程结构有意义，内容富有挑战性。
The family is a co-operative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family, needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems.
家庭就像是一个合作式的企业一样，很难制定统一的规则，因为每个家庭都需要自己的独特的解决问题的办法。
This hen lays beautiful brown eggs.
这只母鸡下很漂亮的棕色蛋。
You may lay it on the table.
你可以把它放在桌子上。
He knows the lay of the land here.
他了解这里的地形。
He lay on a sofa, reading a book.
他躺在沙发上看书。
The workers are laying pipes under the road.
工人们正在道路下面铺设管道。
Last winter the snow lay thick on the ground.
去年冬天，地上积雪很厚。
我是一见钟情。
It was love at first sight. *at first sight“第一眼”、“见到的第一面”。
I fell in love with you the first time I saw you.
I loved you the first time I laid eyes on you.
If you don't want to lose me, you'd better lay it on the line.
如果你不想失去我，就最好一五一十地告诉我吧。
Change lays not her hand upon truth.
真理不变。
Fat hens lay few eggs.
肥鸡不下蛋。
It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.
养虎易，驯虎难。
Kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
杀鸡取蛋
Never cackle till your egg is laid.
事竟成，才声张。
Penny and penny laid up will be many.
积少成多。
Put (or Lay or Set) one's shoulder to the wheel.
出一把力。
When the ffish is caught the net is laid aside.
鱼获网弃。
The foundation of knowledge must be laid by reading, General principles must come from books, which, however, must be brought to the test of real life.
amuel Johnson, British writer
读书是积累知识的基础。基本原理来源于书本，但须经实际生活的检验。
英国作家约翰逊.S.
No, we shouldn't lay out that kind of money.
不，那种钱我们不应该花。
@@@ 打开
break new ground 创新; 开创新局面
crack a book 打开书准备学习
give access to 向...开放
lay out 展开, 有计划地安排
leave on 穿着不脱; 让灯开着
spread out 伸开, 展开
turn on 拧开; 打开(开关)
turn up 1.开大(音量)
2.(尤指未经过搜寻而)被找到; 出现
usher in 引进; 开创; 宣告...的来临
@@@ 解雇, 解放
draw off 放干, 排掉(水等)
excuse from 请求免除; 得到解脱
give off 发散, 放出
lay off (尤指生意萧条时临时的)解雇(雇员), 下岗
let out (of) 放出去; 放跑, 释放
let through 准许通过, 放行
send (sb.) away 打发某人离开; 解雇
release from 释放; 解放
set free 释放, 使获得自由
@@@ 安排, 计划, 准备
arrange sth. for ... 为...筹备; 为...安排
design to do sth. 计划; 打算将...用作
crack a book 打开书准备学习
dust off 除去灰尘; 备用
equip with 装备, 配备
fit in 1.放/嵌进去
2.为...安排时间
for a rainy day (存钱)以备不时之需
get/be ready for 准备好
get set 准备好开始
have (sth.) in mind 考虑好; 打算
hit the books 做功课; 准备功课
lay out 展开, 有计划地安排
line up 准备停当; 计划, 安排
make arrangements for sb./sth. (为...)安排; 预定
map out 筹划, 安排
play it by ear 事先不做准备; 即兴
prepare for 准备好, 做...打算
put away 1.把...收起来, 放好
2.存储以备他日之需, 积攒
set the stage for sth. 为某事做好准备或创造条件
set the table 摆餐具(准备用餐)
sketch out 草拟计划
take (sth.) seriously 认真对待/准备
watch out (for) 当心, 戒备, 提防
@@@ 制定, 制作
by hand 用手的; 用手工(制作等)
lay down 制订规则、原则等
make ... into ... 把...制成...
make out of 用...制造出
set down 制定(规则、原则等)
take inventory 盘点; 编制...清单
turn out 研制, 制造
@@@ 要求, 请求
ask for 要, 要求; 找
at one's request & at the request of 在...的要求之下, 应...的要求
attendance required 要求参加, 必须参加
be hard on 对...要求严厉
beg A for B 向A恳求得到B
by request 应邀, 应...的请求
call for 需要; 要求
call on/uponsb. to do sth. 邀请或要求某人做某事
change for 收费, 要价
excuse from 请求免除; 得到解脱
fall back on 依赖, 依靠; 求助于
fit the bill 符合要求, 适合要求
go after 追求; 争取
hunger for 渴望, 渴求
insist on/upon 坚持, 坚决要求
lay claim to 声称/要求...是自己的; 争...的所有权
make demands of/on 对...提出要求; 有求于...
meet demands (of) 满足要求
push for 急切要求; 力图得到
put forward 提出(要求、事实等)
satisfy one's needs & satisfy the need of 满足...要求
@@@ 自己
blow/lose one's cool 失去自恃或失去镇静
boast of 吹牛, 自夸, 夸耀
fend for oneself 自己谋生, 照料自己
get above oneself 变得自高自大
go about one's business 忙自己的事
go Dutch 各自负担自己的费用
have nothing to do with 自己与...无关; 避开...
in person 本人, 亲自
keep to oneself 不与他人交往; 不向他人透露自己的意见和想法
knock oneself out 辛苦地工作, 使自己精疲力尽
lay claim to 声称/要求...是自己的; 争...的所有权
live by oneself 独自一人生活
on one's own 独立地, 凭自己的力量
on one's own time 自己的时间; 非工作时间
pretend to 自称拥有; 自称, 自夸
proud of 以...而自豪
read sth. into sth. 将本来没有的意思加进去解释, 自以为有某种含义
speak one's mind 直抒己见
sure of oneself 有自信心
volunteer for 自愿或无偿给与或提供(帮助、建议等)
up : 关住，锁紧，固定住(firmly, tightly and closely)
shut up 关闭
lock up 锁住
tie up 栓住
chain up 锁住
nail up 钉住
fasten up 系住
pin up 钉住
bind up 装订
bar up 关住
block up 堵塞
choke up 堵塞
save up 存起来
store up 贮藏
stock up 储存
cover up 掩盖
wrap up 包住
lay up 储存
hold up 延误
keep up 坚持
down : 向下的位置（to or into a lower position）
cast down 扔下
cut down砍倒
get down 下来
hand down 传下来
knock down 撞倒
lay down 放下
let down 放下
pour down 倾盆而下
pull down 拉下
set down 放下
sit down 坐下
step down 走下来
throw down 扔下
turn down 拆下
take down 取下
blow down 吹倒
bring down 打倒
hang down 垂下
sink down 沉落
slip down 失足
squat down 蹲下
swallow down 吞下
stoop down 伏身
splash down 飞溅而下
touch down 降落
bend down 弯下
bow down 鞠躬
kneel down 跪下
lie down 躺下
strip down 脱下
down : 停止，减弱(to a state of less activity, force, strength and power)
close down 关闭
drop down 突然停止
break down 坏了，中止
run down 停止
settle down 平静下来
cool down 冷静下来
turn down 拒绝
die down 停止
lay down 失望
put down 镇压 4) 紧紧地，牢牢地(firmly, tightly)
fasten down 系牢
chain down 链住，栓住
clamp down 夹住
nail down 钉住
pin down 扣牢
hammer down 钉上
tie down 栓住
bind down 捆绑
draw down 停下来
off : 完成，停止(indicating completion)
finish off 结束
pay off 付清
break off 停止，中断
send off 结束
leave off 停止
pass off 终止，停止
sign off 停止播音
wear off 消失，
write off 注销，购销
bring off 完成
call off 取消
lay off 停止, 解雇
out : 向外（away from the inside, outside）
keep out 使在外
take out 拿出
put out 放出，伸出
come out 长出，
bring out拿出
bar out关在外
breathe out 呼吸出
eat out 出去吃
get out 弄出
go out 出去
lay out 摆开，展示
lock out 关在外面
look out 向外看
move out 搬出
point out指出
pour out 诉说
pull out 拉出
ship out 运出
stick out伸出
spit out 吐出
beat out 敲出
knock out 敲出
dine out 外出吃饭
drive out 驾车外出
leak out 漏出
draw out 拉出
see out 送出门去
draw out 出站
let out 放出, 释放
lay off停止，解雇
Lay off! I don't need you to tell me what to do!
别再讲了!我不需要你告诉我怎么去做！
pop one's cork大发脾气
I've never seen Teresa pop her cork before. I always thought she was a very laid-back person.
我从来没见过Teresa发脾气。我原来一直以为她是个好好小姐。
laid eyes on 见过
lay aside 储蓄
- pocket one's pride 放下架子
The laid-off workers from the state-owned enterprises should pocket their pride and seek for re-employment.
安放 place; lay; settle; emplacement
摆放 lay
储备 reserve; lay in
编排 lay out; weave; arrange
贮藏 reposit; garner; hoard; hoarding; lay in; preservation; store; fund
安放 [ān fàng] /lay/place/put in a certain place/
暴露 [bào lù] /expose/reveal/lay bare/
编排 [biān pái] /to arrange/to lay out/
病倒 [bìng dǎo] /be down with an illness/be laid up/
并重 [bìng zhòng] /lay equal stress on/pay equal attention to/
裁员 [cái yuán] /to cut staff/to lay off employees/
产卵 [chǎn luǎn] /lay (an egg)/
尘封 [chén fēng] /covered with dust/dust-laden/to be laid idle for a long time/
凡俗 [fán sú] /lay (as opposed to clergy)/
放下 [fàng xia ] /lay down/put down/let go/release/
扪 [mén] /lay hands on/to cover/
砌 [qì] /to build by laying bricks or stones/
下岗 [xià gǎng] /laid-off/
Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet.
比尔·多诺汶肯定会喜欢网络。
The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information.
这位美国间谍大王对情报着迷，他曾经在第二次世界大战时建立了战略事务办公室，后来又为中央情报局的成立打下了基础。
{adj: awake} not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
"lay awake thinking about his new job"
"still not fully awake"
<-> asleep
{adj: cackly, squawky} like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg
{adj: coiled} curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals)
"a coiled snake ready to strike"
"the rope lay coiled on the deck"
<-> uncoiled
{adj: curled, curled up} drawn up into a ball
"she lay curled up in a big armchair"
{adj: cut} separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
"the cut surface was mottled"
"cut tobacco"
"blood from his cut forehead"
"bandages on her cut wrists"
<-> uncut
{adj: dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid} in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
"he had a dazed expression on his face"
"lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"
"was stupid from fatigue"
{adj: deep-laid} secretly and carefully planned
"deep-laid plans"
{adj: developed} (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads
"condominiums were built on the developed site"
{adj: discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped} having lost your job
{adj: downward} on or toward a surface regarded as a base
"he lay face downward"
"the downward pull of gravity"
{adj: down} being or moving lower in position or less in some value
"lay face down"
"the moon is down"
"our team is down by a run"
"down by a pawn"
"the stock market is down today"
<-> up
{adj: flush-seamed} laid edge to edge (not overlapping)
{adj: frequent} frequently encountered
"a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";
{adj: insensible, senseless} unresponsive to stimulation
"he lay insensible where he had fallen"
"drugged and senseless"
{adj: insomniac, sleepless, watchful} experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
"insomniac old people"
"insomniac nights"
"lay sleepless all night"
"twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare
{adj: laic, lay, secular} concerning those not members of the clergy
"set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"
"the lay ministry"
"the choir sings both sacred and secular music"
{adj: laid low, stricken} put out of action (by illness)
{adj: laid up} ill and usually confined
"laid up with a bad cold"
{adj: laid, set} set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"
"stones laid in a pattern"
{adj: laid-back, mellow} unhurried and relaxed
"a mellow conversation"
{adj: lap-jointed, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked, overlapping} laid overlapping (not flush)
{adj: laureate} worthy of the greatest honor or distinction
"The nation's pediatrician laureate is preparing to lay down his black bag"- James Traub
{adj: lay} not of or from a profession
"a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
{adj: moving} arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion
"she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne
<-> unmoving
{adj: murdered} killed unlawfully
"the murdered woman"
"lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"
{adj: open, opened} not sealed or having been unsealed
"the letter was already open"
"the opened package lay on the table"
{adj: oviparous} egg-laying
<-> ovoviviparous, viviparous
{adj: positive, prescribed} formally laid down or imposed
"positive laws"
{adj: scrofulous} having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula
"our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat
{adj: spread-eagle} with arms and legs stretched out and apart
"lay spread-eagle on the floor"
{adj: stretched} extended or spread over a wide area or distance
"broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us"
{adj: stunning} causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility
"laid the poor fellow senseless with one stunning blow"
"a stunning detonation with volumes of black smoke"
{adj: trampled, trodden} crushed or broken by being stepped upon heavily
"her trampled flowers lay crushed and broken"
"the grass was trodden and muddy"
{adj: unconscious} not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
"lay unconscious on the floor"
<-> conscious
{adj: uncurled} not curled
"lay uncurled on the bed"
{adj: untreated} not given medical care or treatment
"an untreated disease"
"the untreated wounded lay on makeshift cots"
<-> treated
{adj: up} being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
"the anchor is up"
"the sun is up"
"he lay face up"
"he is up by a pawn"
"the market is up"
"the corn is up"
<-> down
{adj: virtual, practical} being actually such in almost every respect
"a practical failure"
"the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
{adj: war-torn, war-worn} laid waste by war
{adj: wasteful} laying waste
"when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare
{adv: all together} used of a group whose members acted or were acted upon collectively and when `all' and `together' can be separated by other words
"they were herded all together"
"they were all herded together"
"the books lay all together in a heap"
"the books all lay together..."
{adv: astern} (of a ship or an airplane) behind
"we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"
{adv: discreetly} with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint
"I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this"
<-> indiscreetly
{adv: doggo, out of sight, in hiding} quietly in concealment
"he lay doggo"
{adv: even as, just as} at the same time as
"even as he lay dying they argued over his estate"
"the building collapsed just as he arrived"
{adv: face-to-face, opposite} directly facing each other
"the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"
"lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"
"they sat opposite at the table"
{adv: grievously} in a grievous manner
"the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival"
{adv: grotesquely, monstrously} in a grotesque manner
"behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies"
{adv: lifelessly} in a lifeless manner
"the girl lay in her arms lifelessly"
{adv: loosely, slackly} in a relaxed manner; not rigid
"his hands lay loosely"
{adv: shudderingly} with a shudder
"shudderingly, she acknowledged to herself that she dared not face what lay before her"
{adv: sidelong} on the side
"the plow lay sidelong on the ground"
{adv: stiffly, stiff} in a stiff manner
"his hands lay stiffly"
{adv: uncomfortably} in physical discomfort
"she lay on the couch, her body uncomfortably twisted"
<-> comfortably
{adv: unnaturally} in an unnatural way
"his other arm lay across his chest, unnaturally, as if placed there deliberately, for a purpose"
<-> naturally
{adv: uphill} upward on a hill or incline
"this street lay uphill"
{n: Beguine} (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life
{n: Bloomsbury} a city district of central London laid out in garden squares
{n: Cartier, Jacques Cartier} French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557)
{n: European cuckoo, Cuculus canorus} common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds
{n: Holy Sepulcher, Holy Sepulchre} the sepulcher in which Christ's body lay between burial and resurrection
{n: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism} the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran
"Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"
"the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion"
{n: Ivan III, Ivan III Vasilievich, Ivan the Great} grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505)
{n: L'Enfant, Charles L'Enfant, Pierre Charles L'Enfant} United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825)
{n: Rameau, Jean-Philippe Rameau} French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764)
{n: Riss glaciation} the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time
{n: Saale glaciation} the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe and the deposits laid down at that time
{n: Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States} the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
{n: Wolstonian glaciation} the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in Britain and the deposits laid down at that time
{n: addition} a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
{n: assumption, laying claim} the act of taking possession of or power over something
"his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"
"the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"
"he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
{n: ballad, lay} a narrative poem of popular origin
{n: ballad, lay} a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
{n: ballast} coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
{n: banking game} any gambling game in which bets are laid against the gambling house or the dealer
{n: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling} the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
"they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"
"the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
{n: bed} the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
{n: besieger} an enemy who lays siege to your position
{n: bird family} a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
{n: bird's nest, bird nest, birdnest} nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young
{n: bird} warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
{n: blowfly, blow fly} large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
{n: boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis} greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
{n: brethren} (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
{n: bricklayer's hammer} a hammer used in laying bricks
{n: bricklaying} the craft of laying bricks
{n: bricks and mortar} building material consisting of bricks laid with mortar between then
{n: cackler} a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk
{n: cackle} the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
{n: carpenter bee} large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
{n: corduroy} a road made of logs laid crosswise
{n: cornerstone} a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
{n: course} facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
"the course had only nine holes"
"the course was less than a mile"
{n: cowbird} North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests
{n: damp-proof course, damp course} a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building
{n: de Saussure, Ferdinand de Saussure, Saussure} Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
{n: deposition, deposit} the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
{n: destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter} a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
"a destroyer of the environment"
"jealousy was his undoer"
"uprooters of gravestones"
{n: drop cloth} a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted
{n: duckboard} a boardwalk laid across muddy ground
{n: dung beetle} any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs
{n: egg} animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
{n: expert witness} a witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about
<-> lay witness
{n: fireplace, hearth, open fireplace} an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
"the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"
"he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"
"the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"
{n: flagging} flagstones collectively
"there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place"
{n: flooring} building material used in laying floors
{n: formal garden} a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs
{n: foundation stone} a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building
{n: garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake} the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
{n: header, coping, cope} brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
{n: incrimination, inculpation, blame} an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
"his incrimination was based on my testimony"
"the police laid the blame on the driver"
{n: investing, investment} the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
{n: lagging} used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
{n: laid paper} writing paper having a watermark of fine lines running across the grain
{n: landscaping} a garden laid out for esthetic effect
"they spent a great deal of money on the landscaping"
{n: lay figure} dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body
{n: lay reader} a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
{n: lay witness} any witness who does not testify as an expert witness
<-> expert witness
{n: lay-up, layup} a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
{n: layby, lay-by, pull-off, rest area, rest stop} designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
"in England they call a rest area a lay-by"
{n: layer} a hen that lays eggs
{n: laying on of hands} laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination
{n: laying on of hands} the application of a faith healer's hands to the patient's body
{n: laying on} the act of contacting something with your hand
"peonies can be blighted by the laying on of a finger"
{n: laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking} destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
{n: laying, egg laying} the production of eggs (especially in birds)
{n: layoff} the act of laying off an employee or a work force
{n: layout} a plan or design of something that is laid out
{n: layout} the act of laying out (as by making plans for something)
{n: lungless salamander, plethodont} mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water
{n: maleo, Macrocephalon maleo} Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches
{n: minelayer} ship equipped for laying marine mines
{n: mining, minelaying} laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment
{n: monotreme, egg-laying mammal} the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
{n: mud dauber} wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae
{n: nest egg} device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
{n: nest} a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
{n: oblate} a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life
{n: orderly} a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
"the orderly laid out the general's uniform"
{n: ovipositor} egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
{n: pantile} a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap
{n: pavior, paviour, paving machine} a machine for laying pavement
{n: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus} a collection of objects laid on top of each other
{n: platelayer, tracklayer} a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
{n: pool, puddle} a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
"there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"
"the body lay in a pool of blood"
{n: queen bee} fertile egg-laying female bee
{n: queen} the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
{n: rail fence} a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)
{n: railroad bed} a bed on which railroad track is laid
{n: range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains} a series of hills or mountains
"the valley was between two ranges of hills"
"the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
{n: red carpet} a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on
{n: rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus} euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
"she was laid to rest beside her husband"
"they had to put their family pet to sleep"
{n: ridge, ridgepole, rooftree} a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
{n: roofer} a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs
{n: rubbing} representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal
{n: sapper} a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines
{n: shingling} the laying on of shingles
"shingling is a draft very different from carpentry"
{n: slating} the act of laying slates for a roof
{n: soap, scoop, max, liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, goop, Georgia home boy, easy lay} street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
{n: sod house, soddy, adobe house} a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses
{n: spreadsheet} a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
{n: stair-carpet} a strip of carpet for laying on stairs
{n: table} a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
"I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant"
{n: tiler} a worker who lays tile
{n: zither, cither, zithern} a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
{v: bare} lay bare
"bare your breasts"
"bare your feelings"
{v: behold, lay eyes on} see with attention
"behold Christ!"
{v: blow} lay eggs
"certain insects are said to blow"
{v: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest} place in a grave or tomb
"Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"
"The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"
"My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
{v: claim, lay claim, arrogate} demand as being one's due or property ; assert one's right or title to
"He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"
"Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"
<-> forfeit
{v: claim, take} lay claim to ; as of an idea
"She took credit for the whole idea"
<-> disclaim
{v: compart} lay out in parts according to a plan
{v: corduroy} build (a road) from logs laid side by side
{v: demand} lay legal claim to
{v: denude, bare, denudate, strip} lay bare
"denude a forest"
{v: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off} put an end to a state or an activity
"Quit teasing your little brother"
<-> continue
{v: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute} set up or lay the groundwork for
"establish a new department"
{v: excavate, unearth} lay bare through digging
"Schliemann excavated Troy"
{v: fall} assume a disappointed or sad expression
"Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"
"his crest fell"
{v: flip, flip out} go mad, go crazy
"He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
{v: fold, fold up, turn up} bend or lay so that one part covers the other
"fold up the newspaper"
"turn up your collar"
<-> unfold
{v: furlough, lay off} dismiss, usually for economic reasons
"She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
{v: hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away} save up as for future use
{v: laicize, laicise} reduce to lay status
"laicize the parochial schools"
{v: lam into, tear into, lace into, pitch into, lay into} hit violently, as in an attack
{v: lay down, establish, make} institute, enact, or establish
"make laws"
{v: lay hands on} manage with the hands
{v: lay out} provide a detailed plan or design
"She laid out her plans for the new house"
{v: lay over, stop over} interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight
"We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"
{v: lay up} disable or confine, as with an illness
"She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks"
{v: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge} devastate or ravage
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
{v: lay, put down, repose} put in a horizontal position
"lay the books on the table"
"lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
{v: lay} impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
"lay a responsibility on someone"
{v: lay} lay eggs
"This hen doesn't lay"
{v: lay} prepare or position for action or operation
"lay a fire"
"lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
{v: level} talk frankly with ; lay it on the line
"I have to level with you"
{v: lie about, lie around} hang around idly
"She did all the work while he lay around"
{v: lie awake} lie without sleeping
"She was so worried, she lay awake all night long"
{v: lie dormant} be inactive, as if asleep
"His work lay dormant for many years"
{v: lie low} to try to avoid detection especially by police
"After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while"
{v: lie} be lying, be prostrate ; be in a horizontal position
"The sick man lay in bed all day"
"the books are lying on the shelf"
<-> stand
{v: loft} lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
{v: mine} lay mines
"The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
{v: picket} serve as pickets or post pickets
"picket a business to protest the lay-offs"
{v: pile} place or lay as if in a pile
"The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"
{v: present, represent, lay out} bring forward and present to the mind
"We presented the arguments to him"
"We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
{v: put, set, place, pose, position, lay} put into a certain place or abstract location
"Put your things here"
"Set the tray down"
"Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"
"Place emphasis on a certain point"
{v: rail} lay with rails
"hundreds of miles were railed out here"
{v: range, array, lay out, set out} lay out in a line
{v: recall, call back} summon to return
"The ambassador was recalled to his country"
"The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"
{v: risk, put on the line, lay on the line} expose to a chance of loss or damage
"We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"
"Why risk your life?"
{v: roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk} have sexual intercourse with
"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"
"Adam knew Eve"
"Were you ever intimate with this man?"
{v: ruin} reduce to ruins
"The country lay ruined after the war"
{v: save, lay aside, save up} feather one's nest ; have a nest egg
"He saves half his salary"
{v: set up, lay out, set} get ready for a particular purpose or event
"set up an experiment"
"set the table"
"lay out the tools for the surgery"
{v: spawn} lay spawn
"The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
{v: store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away} keep or lay aside for future use
"store grain for the winter"
"The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
{v: superimpose, superpose, lay over} place on top of
"can you superimpose the two images?"
{v: switch, shift, change} lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
"switch to a different brand of beer"
"She switched psychiatrists"
"The car changed lanes"
{v: victual} lay in provisions
"The vessel victualled before the long voyage"
{v: whistle} make whistling sounds
"He lay there, snoring and whistling"
Some nights a pathway of moonlight lay across the water, connecting the shore to the horizon.
有些夜晚，月光倾泻在水面上，使海岸与地平线相连。
The long red carpet was laid out for this glamorous occasion.
为了这个富有魅力的时刻，地上铺了长长的红地毯。
One day the customer came in as usual, laid his nickel on the showcase, and called for his stale loaves.
一天，那位顾客一如往常地来了，把五美分硬币往柜台上一放要了两条干面包。
Probably he would lay down his brushes and palette and stand by his easel with the picture he was painting
或许他会放下手中的画笔和调色板，站在他的画架旁，
Even his recreation consisted in change of study, laying down one subject to take up another.
连他的消遣都是放下一个科目又拿起另一个科目的变换研究。
At Hyundai's car-making division, which employs 45,000 people in South Korea, workers have never had it so tough.
在现代集团的汽车制造部（在南韩有雇员 4.5万人），工人们从未感到这么倒霉。
In 1998 it laid off about 7,000 people.
1998年，它暂时解雇了约 7000人。
But they still hope when the economy fully recovers, they may regain some.
但他们仍然希望当经济完全恢复时，他们中的一些人可以重新回到岗位上。
John's farm lay in the middle of many hills.
约翰的农场在一片山丘的中央。
The book of English poems lay with her and so did the flowers from the woods.
那本英文诗集和她躺卧在一起，还有从树林里采来的鲜花。
Across the crest of the grave lay a holly bright Christmas wreath.
墓项跨放着一个冬青做的闪亮的圣诞花环。
Within the City of London lay another city, in which a criminal was safe.
伦敦城内另有一城，在那里，罪犯是安全的。
It laid to rest the myth that leading tenors are totally jealous of their own achievements, and disparaging of the accomplishments of their fellows.
人们以前传说这些大牌男高音总是小心维护自己的成就，而对同行的成就耿耿于怀－音乐会的成功使得这种说法偃旗息鼓。
Minutes later, anesthetized, Julian lay flat on the operating table.
几分钟后，医生给朱利安注射了麻药，他直挺挺地躺在手术台上。
Mothers put their children to sleep in the wagons or lay down with them in the shade of the trees.
母亲们或把她们的孩子放到童车中睡觉，或抱着孩子睡在树荫下。
Three years ago this month, I lay on a stretcher in the holding area of an operating ward, waiting for the surgery that could change my life.
三年前，也是这个月，我躺在手术病房留治病区的一张招架床上，等待接受可能会改变我一生的手术。
In the living room, Timmy lay on a pillow on the floor in a circle of light, his plump, tiny fists and feet churning gleefully.
在起居室里，蒂米躺在地板上的一个枕头上，上面照着一圈亮光，他胖墩墩的小拳头和双脚正在欢乐地舞动。
Postcrash amnesia has robbed him of the vital three or four minutes that preceded the crash in the Pont d'Alma tunnel and its aftermath, when he lay suspended between life and death.
撞车造成的健忘症已抹掉了关于阿尔玛桥隧道里撞车前至关紧要的三四分钟以及事后情况的记忆。那时他正悬命于生死之间。
And as I was getting ready for the trip I had a vague concern about the steep mountain roads that lay ahead.
在为此行作准备时，我心里就开始为即将面对的山路忐忑不安。
But it didn't go away. All through the flatlands of Arkansas, Oklahoma, north Texas and New Mexico it lay like a coiled snake inside of me.
但是恐惧并没消逝。在经过阿肯色州、俄克拉何马州、得克萨斯州北部和新墨西哥州的那些大平原时，恐怖像蛇一样盘踞在我心中。
I lay staring into the dark, listening to the sounds of trucks and cars rushing along the nearby interstate.
我两眼瞅着一片黑暗，耳听附近州际公路上过往的卡车和轿车呼啸不停。
But nothing could dispel the sense of helplessness that overwhelmed me whenever I contemplated the frowning mountains that lay ahead.
尽管如此，一想到还要走下去的崎呕山路，笼罩在心头的那种强烈的无助感便无法排遣。
I lay there for a time, thinking about the day before and what I'd discovered that God's perfect love can conquer any situation.
我在床上躺了一会儿，回顾着头天的情景和自己的发现：上帝伟大的爱可以征服一切。
I wanted her to understand the possibilities that lay before me.
我想让她理解摆在我面前的种种可能的发展前景。
" Since I have no skills, unwilling to go back to my old trade and my husband, laid off from a factory, we have to apply for public assistance.
"因为我无一技之长，又不愿意重操旧业。而我丈夫被工厂辞退了，我们不得不申请政府帮助。
He simply laid broadcloth samples of various colors on the snow on a sunny morning.
他只是在一个阳光灿烂的早上，把颜色各异的宽布样条放在雪上。
Mrs. Tweedy, the vicious camp commandant, and her slow-witted, henpecked husband have shown her prisoners what happens to a hen who hasn't laid eggs: it becomes a chicken with its head cut off.
这个苦役拘禁地邪恶的总长顿笛太太以及她那愚笨、惧内的丈夫向她的囚犯们展示了母鸡不下蛋会有什么结果：剁下脑袋，变成鸡肉。
It was genes that prescribed my shape, gave me five fingers on each hand and 32 teeth in my mouth, laid down my capacity for language and defined about half of my intellectual capacity.
基因决定了我的形，使我每只手上有五个指头，嘴里长 32颗牙齿，它还规定了我的语言能力和大约半数的智力活动。
A female stores sperm and can determine the sex of each egg she lays by fertilizing it or leaving it unfertilized.
雌性黄蜂能储存精子，并对她所产的每一个卵，通过使其受精或不让其受精，从而决定其性别。按照菲希尔的论点，
Since only one female usually lays eggs in a given larva, it would pay her to produce one male only, because this one male could fertilize all his sisters on emergence.
既然一般而言只有一只雌性黄蜂在一特定的幼虫体内产卵，对她来说，只需要繁殖一只雄性黄蜂便获益匪浅，因为这一只雄性黄蜂可以将其同胞的雌性黄蜂在自卵中育出之际皆予授精。
"Afganistan will continue to need support from the international community for a number of years onwards," said President Karzai. "September will only be the end of one phase, the phase of having completed the laying of foundations."
他说：“在今后一些年里，阿富汗继续需要国际社会的支持，9月选举只是一个阶段的结束，也就是完成了奠定基础的阶段。”
The U.S. House of Representatives is holding hearings ahead of the summit of the seven leading industrialized countries and Russia next week in Scotland hosted by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The U.S. government has expressed support for the ideas laid out in the British sponsored Commission for Africa report, but the Bush administration is concerned that U.S. aid to Africa be used effectively.
美国国会众议院在七大发达国家和俄罗斯下星期去苏格兰举行由英国首相布莱尔主持的会议前，目前正在举行听证会。美国政府已经对英国提出的非洲报告所阐述的想法表示赞同。但是布什政府关注的是美国给予非洲的援助是否会有效使用。
Earlier Thursday, President Bush laid out his own proposals for development in Africa, including a plan to spend $1.2 billion to cut malaria deaths in half by 2010 in Africa. The president also supports total debt relief for 14 of Africa's poorest nations with another 18 under consideration.
星期四早上，布什总统发表发表了他自己的关于非洲发展的提议，其中包括花费12亿美元在2010年前把非洲的疟疾死亡人数减少一半。布什总统也赞同减免14个最贫穷的非洲国家的全部债务，并考虑免除另外18个非洲国家的债务。
As her spokesman did earlier, Ms. Rice said the United States was not laying blame on Syria for the killing, which she said must be thoroughly investigated.
赖斯国务卿跟国务院发言人一样没有指责叙利亚策动了暗杀行动。她说，需要对这起暗杀事件进行充份的调查。
In the modern era, State of the Union speeches have become an opportunity for the president to lay out a lengthy series of specific policy proposals on a wide range of issues.
在现代，国情咨文已成为总统就广泛问题详细阐述一系列具体政策的机会。
After the almost three-hour church service, members of the King family laid a wreath at Reverend King's crypt and there was a march and rally through the city's downtown.
在差不多三个多小时的教堂仪式后，金家族的家庭成员们在马丁·路德·金的墓穴前献上了花圈，然后在这座城市的市中心举行了游行和集会活动。
"Jerry will be remembered for his superb work in laying the foundations for a new democracy in the Middle East," he said.
布什说：“人们将记住他为奠定中东民主事业的基础所做的出色工作。”
"He is committed to success in Iraq and he laid out his plan about how to achieve that success," Senator Edwards said. "So, I think what people saw in this country is a man who is ready to be commander in chief."
爱德华兹说：“他致力于在伊拉克的成功，并且已经规划出了取得成功的计划。因此，我认为，这个国家的人民所看到的是一个准备成为最高统帅的人。”
蓝条纹书写纸 azure laid (writing） paper
此端向上 This Side Up
勿用手钩 Use No Hooks
切勿投掷 No Dumping
切勿倒置 Keep Upright
切勿倾倒 No Turning Over
切勿坠落 Do Not Drop／No Dropping
切勿平放 Not to Be Laid Flat
切勿压挤 Do Not Crush
勿放顶上 Do Not Stake on Top
放于凉处 Keep Cool／Stow Cool
干处保管 Keep in Dry Place
勿放湿处 Do Not Stow in Damp Place
甲板装运 Keep on Deck
装于舱内 Keep in Hold
勿近锅炉 Stow Away from Boiler
必须平放 Keep Flat/Stow Level
怕光 Keep in Dark Place
怕压 Not to Be Stow Below Other Cargo
HS7004
Drawn glass and blown glass, in shee ts, whether or not having an absorbent or reflecting lay
拉制或吹制玻璃板、片
HS87013000
Track-laying tractors (crawlers)
履带式牵引车、拖拉机
HS9618
Tailors' dummies and other lay figures;automata and other animated displays used for shop win
人体模型；橱窗装饰用自动模型等活动陈列品
HS96180000
Lay figures; animated displays for shop window dressing
人体模型；橱窗装饰用自动模型等活动陈列品
spsc-22101618
Trackway surfacing outfits or its laying mechanisms
轨道铺面设备和它的铺设机器
spsc-71121118
Pipeline or flowline laying services
管道和流线放置
spsc-72102208
Cable Laying
电缆铺设
spsc-72102701
Floor sheathing or laying or installation or finishing
打龙骨、铺板、安装和整理
office lay-out 办公室布置
候载停泊区 Lay-by berth
搁置不用 Lay up
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