You may lay it on the table.
你可以把它放在桌子上。
I lay down not so much to sleep as to think.
我躺下来与其说是要睡觉,倒不如说是要思考。
I'll lay odds of three to one that he gets the job.
我以三比一的赔率打赌,他能得到那份工作。
He showed us how to lay out a printed page.
他告诉我们怎样设计版面。
Surveyors lay out Wall Street along the line of the stockade.
测量员沿着栅栏设计出墙街。
They lay eggs from the beginning of July to the middle of August.
它们在7月初到8月中这段时间产卵。
He knows the lay of the land here.
他了解这里的地形。
lay more emphasis on combating corruption and advocating integrity.
把反腐倡廉放在更加突出的位置上。
A lay figure can be placed in any position, or attitude, and clothed in any costume and thus serves as a model for the drapery.
人体模型可以放在任何位置,摆成任何姿势,穿上任何服装,作为服装店的模特儿。
A lay opinion as to the seriousness of the disease.
关于这种疾病的非专业的意见
The lay public must be convinced that this is right and beneficial, and the medical fraternity must be held to the standards of the subuniverse.
世俗的大众将会相信这是对的并有利的,而医学会友维持在此次级共同体的标准上。
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。
The cloth should be laid flat.
布应展开平放。
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。
Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor.
他们开始前在地板上铺了报纸。
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。
The butler always laid the table.
每次都是男管家把餐具摆好。
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。
They were laying a trap for the kidnapper.
他们设下一个圈套引绑匪上钩。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
He laid about with a stick.
他手持棍子奋力冲打。
He laid about them with a stick.
他手持棍子猛打他们。
He rushed into the midst of the hooligans and laid about him fearlessly.
他冲到那群恶棍中间,毫无畏惧地向四面八方乱打。
When ruffians attacked him, he laid about them vigorously.
当歹徒攻击他时,他奋勇地跟他们搏斗。
I laid the matter squarely before him.
我把这一问题直截了当地向他提出来。
The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.
提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
We laid the issue before the committee.
我们向委员会提出了这个问题。
The bill has been laid before the Congress.
该议案已提交国会审议。
Every month he laid by fifty dollars out of his salary.
每月他从薪水中存储50美元。
They were laying for him in the dark, and when he went out of his car, they all fell upon him.
他们乘黑暗等着他,他一下车,他们一起向他猛扑过去。
The bandits laid for him in the dark.
歹徒们埋伏在暗处伺机攻击他。
lay sth for sbThe hunter laid a trap for the tiger.
猎人设置了陷阱捕捉老虎。
Peter is laying in with good red wine for his wedding party.
彼得正为他的结婚聚会储备红葡萄酒。
Mother is laying in with some peanuts for the Spring Festival.
母亲正为春节准备一些花生。
lay sth ⇔ inShe has laid in provisions against a shortage.
她贮藏粮食以备短缺。
We usually lay in extra coal in case of emergencies .
我们通常额外贮备一些煤,以备急用。
She bought many fresh eggs and preserved them in salted water, because she wanted to lay them in for her little son.
她买了许多鲜蛋用盐水腌了起来,因为她想存起来给她的小儿子吃。
At the beginning of the winter supplies were laid in, in case heavy falls of snow should block the road.
为预防下大雪阻塞道路,在初冬人们就把生活必需品储备起来了。
He's frightened to stay out late in case his mother lays into him again.
他很怕在外边呆得太晚,唯恐母亲又要把他痛打一顿。
At the committee meeting the experts laid into each other fiercely.
在委员会会议上,专家们互相猛烈抨击。
The senator laid into the opponents of his bill.
那位参议员抨击反对他的提案的人。
In a speech of about twenty minutes he laid into the Opposition.
在大约二十分钟的发言中,他痛斥了反对党。
He laid into the defenders and scored a goal.
他攻入守区并踢进一球。
The doctor told me to lay off for a week.
医生要我休息一周。
The teacher told him to lay off a couple of days.
老师告诉他休息一两天。
lay offI wish you would lay off!
但愿你别再说别人不好了。
lay sb ⇔ offBill has not lost his job. His firm laid him off for two weeks.
比尔并没有失业,他的公司让他停工两周。
In the economic depression the firm laid off some of their workmen.
经济萧条时,公司临时辞退了一些工人。
The factory had to lay some workers off when its orders decreased.
订货减少,那所工厂得解雇一些工人。
The work force has been laid off.
工人们被辞退了。
Five hundred men were laid off when the factory closed after the fire.
大火过后,这家工厂关闭了,500名工人被解雇。
There has been nothing to do since I got laid off.
从我被解雇以来,我一直没活干。
The soldiers laid on with a will.
战士们开始猛烈地进攻。
Taking up a stick, he caught the boy and laid on vigorously.
他操起一根棍子,抓住那男孩猛打。
lay onThey all moved into apartments with water and electricity laid on.
他们都搬进了装有水电的单元套房。
We have got a house with gas and water laid on.
我们有了装有煤气和自来水的房子。
lay sth ⇔ onThe firm always lays on a special meal for the staff about Christmas.
圣诞节前后,这家公司总是为全体职员供应一顿特殊的饭。
The telephone is laid on.
电话已安装好了。
lay sth ⇔ onThey laid on two coats of paint.
他们已涂了两层油漆。
She laid the paint on thickly.
她浓浓地抹了一层脂粉。
lay sth ⇔ onThe government has laid on a new tax.
政府已开征新税。
The firm is laying on higher prices.
这个公司正在强行加价。
lay sth ⇔ onI'll lay on a car tomorrow and have you run down to London.
明天我安排一部车将你送到伦敦市内。
I laid on a party for his birthday.
我为他的生日安排一个庆祝会。
Sightseeing tours were laid on for the distinguished visitors from China.
给中国来的贵宾安排了旅游观光。
The ship lays to off the coast.
这艘船停泊在海岸外面。
lay sth to off sthHe laid the ship to off the coast.
他把船停泊在海岸外面。
The floor of the entire house was laid with carpet.
房子里地面都铺了地毯。
This road is laid with asphalt.
这条路是用沥青铺的。
W. S. Gilbert's lay of the two Englishmen wrecked on a desert island.
出自:E. HuxleyOne can never spontaneously burst into song, however doleful a lay.
出自:N. FryeBy venturing my life upon an even lay with him.
出自:DefoeParticular attention must now be given to women, both lay and religious.
出自:New York TimesWe check the fire by laying flat Each building in its path.
出自:BrowningLike flaws in summer laying lusty corn.
出自:Tennyson