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  • 易混淆的单词：LAY  lay  

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In standard English, the form lay is also the past tense of the verb lie in some meanings. In informal English, people sometimes use the word lay instead of lie in those meanings.

在标准英语中，lay亦作动词lie某些义项的过去式。而在非正式英语中，人们有时用lay来代替这些义项中的lie。

Usage Note :

Do not confuse the verb lay with the verb lie. Because lay is used to talk about putting something in a particular place or position, it is related to the verb lie. If someone lays something somewhere, it lies there. The past tense and past participle of lay are both laid and it is usually a transitive verb. They laid him on the floor. However, lie is an intransitive verb with the past tense lay and the past participle lain. I lay on the floor with my legs in the air.

不要混淆lay和lie这两个动词。lay表示将某物放于某处或某个位置，意思上与动词lie有相关之处。如某人把某物安放（lay）在某处，此物即放（lie）在那里。lay的过去式和过去分词均为laid，它通常用作及物动词。例如，They laid him on the floor（他们把他放在地上）。lie则为不及物动词，其过去式为lay，过去分词为lain：I lay on the floor with my legs in the air（我躺在地上，双腿抬起）。

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

  • Lay a sheet of newspaper on the floor...

    在地上铺一张报纸。

  • 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。

  • Mothers routinely lay babies on their backs to sleep.

    母亲们一般让婴儿平躺着睡。

2. VERB 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. 

  • The butler always laid the table.

    每次都是男管家把餐具摆好。

in AM, use 美国英语用 set
3. VERB 铺放；敷设；铺设 If you lay something such as carpets, cables, or foundations, you put them into their permanent position. 

  • A man came to lay the saloon carpet...

    一名男子来铺客厅的地毯。

  • Public utilities dig up roads to lay pipes.

    公共事业公司挖路铺设管道。

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

  • They were laying a trap for the kidnapper.

    他们设下一个圈套引绑匪上钩。

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

  • My canary has laid an egg...

    我的金丝雀生了一个蛋。

  • 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. VERB 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. 

  • 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。

  • The organisers meet in March to lay plans.

    组织者们于3月碰头制订计划。

7. VERB 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. 

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

    她拒绝归咎于任何一方。

  • 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。

  • Police have decided not to lay charges over allegations of a telephone tapping operation.

    警方决定不就涉嫌窃听电话一事提出起诉。

8. VERB 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. 

  • 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。

  • 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. VERB （指交媾）干，搞 To lay someone means to have sex with them. 
10. N-COUNT 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. 
11. PHRASE 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. 

  • 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。

  • 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. PHRASE 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. 

  • 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。

  • 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 aside  lay before  lay down  lay in  lay into  lay off  lay on  lay out  lay up 
Noun

1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

2. a narrative poem of popular origin

Verb

1. 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"

2. put in a horizontal position;

  • "lay the books on the table"
  • "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

3. prepare or position for action or operation;

  • "lay a fire"
  • "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

4. lay eggs;

  • "This hen doesn't lay"

5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment;

  • "lay a responsibility on someone"
Adjective

1. 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"

2. not of or from a profession;

  • "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
1. A colony of seals lay basking in the sun.
一群海豹躺着晒太阳。

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2. A leaden weight lay on her heart as she waved him goodbye.
她向他挥手道别时，心情十分沉重。

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3. A note of quit lay on the desk of the manager.
经理的桌子上放着一张辞职的条子。

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4. A vast expanse of golden crops lay before us.
我们眼前展现出一大片金黄色的庄稼。

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5. A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.
山谷的广阔全景展现在我们面前。

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6. Ahead lay a vast expanse of wheat.
前面是一大片小麦。

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7. All birds lay eggs.
鸟都下蛋。

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8. At half-time the advantage lay with them.
上半场结束时他们占优势。

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9. Beetles bury pellets of dung and lay their eggs within them.
甲壳虫把粪粒埋起来，然后在里面产卵。

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10. Bill had to lay up his boat when school started.
开学后，比尔只得把他的船放置起来。

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11. Charles Bright thought it dangerous to lay the cable in these conditions; and so he shouted to the men to stop the machine.
查尔斯·布赖特认为在这样的条件下铺设电缆很危险，所以他叫人们把机器停下来。

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12. Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.
别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

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13. Don't lay your elbows on the desk.
不要将两肘放在书桌上。

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14. Down deep in that ugly heap Marie Curie felt sure that her new element lay hidden.
就在那一堆丑陋难看的东西中，玛丽·居里夫人深信她的新元素蕴藏其中，不为人知。

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15. Dust lay thick in the street.
街上积了厚厚一层尘土。

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16. He faced the enemy valiantly, shuned no difficulties and dangers and would not hesitate to lay down his life if need be.
他英勇对敌，不避艰险，赴汤蹈火在所不计。

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17. He knocked the tiger about fiercely until it lay dead.
他挥拳痛击老虎，直到把它打死在地。

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18. He lay asleep with his clothes scattered about.
他躺着睡了，脱下的衣服四处放着。

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19. He lay back in the comfortable chair.
他靠在舒适的椅子上。

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20. He lay completely inert on the floor.
他一动不动地躺在地板上。

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