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。
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。
The grapes were laid to dry on racks.
葡萄被摊放在架子上晾干。
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 put sb/sth in a particular position or state, especially a difficult or unpleasant one
to lay a responsibility/burden on sb
把责任╱重担加于某人身上
to lay sb under an obligation to do sth
使某人承担做某事的义务
to lay the blame on sb(= to blame sb)
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 sb
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。
to have sex with sb
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。
to lay a bet
下赌注
She had laid $100 on the favourite.
她在那匹夺标呼声最高的马上下注 100 元。
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。
layperson,laywomanHis 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
1.布置;层积;铺设
2.(炮的)瞄准
3.搓绳;搓绳法
4.最初所涂底层
5.产卵期;产卵数;一次孵的蛋
1.布置;层积;铺设
2.(炮的)瞄准
3.搓绳;搓绳法
4.最初所涂底层
5.产卵期;产卵数;一次孵的蛋
1.“lay”的现在分词
1.The present participle of lay
1.Laying each one out in an orderly fashion, the Toronto-based artist photographed the static objects for his "Disassembly Project" .
这位多伦多艺术家将这些静态小部件有序摆放出来并进行拍摄，旨在完成自己名为“分解项目”的作品。
2.No sooner had the Woodman fitted the staff to his purpose , than he began laying about him on all side.
罚木工一旦装上了木把手后就立刻向他周围的树开始砍伐起来。
3.Gorbachev was also now ready to start laying the groundwork for an orderly Soviet troop withdrawal.
戈尔巴乔夫也已经安排好了为苏军的有序撤退的相关准备。
4.And in laying it out I even determined that if I had designed it differently, the layout would have fewer holes in the board.
并奠定了它，我什至决定，如果我有不同的设计，布局将有更少的漏洞局。
5.The soldiers were laying for the enemy in the dark.
士兵们埋伏在黑暗中伺机攻击敌人。
6.For two months, Valencia did not take on left-backs, too often playing it safe and laying the ball off.
两个月以来，瓦伦西亚并没有经常与对方左后卫直接交锋，而是常常踢得小心翼翼最后丢球。
7."It's no good now, you know, " said the Faun, laying down its flute and shaking its head at her very sorrowfully.
“现在不行啊，妳知道吗？”羊怪说，他放下笛子，非常悲伤地对她摇了摇头。
8.Only a year ago Europe's leaders were laying into American free-marketry and declaring unbridled capitalism finished.
仅一年前，欧洲领导人还在言辞攻击美国的自由市场经济，还宣布说结束自由式资本主义。
9.With a diploma form a famous university, he felt secure in his job even when the company was laying off people.
有一张名牌大学的文凭，即使在公司解雇人的时候他也不担心会丢工作。
10.but now, with time to think, he went over them one by one, as though laying out a row of instruments on a table.
如今，思考的时间给了他，他便把这些途径逐个想一番，仿佛在桌上把些个工具一字摆摆开。