PUT SB / STH DOWN 把某人/某物放下, [T always + adv / prep] to put someone or something down carefully into a flat position

安放，放置;

He laid his hand on my shoulder.

他把一只手搭在我的肩上。

They laid a wreath at the place where so many people died.

他们在这个牺牲了这么多人的地方放了一个花圈。

Lay the material flat on the table.

把布料平铺在桌上。

lay bricks / carpet / concrete / cables etc, to put or fasten bricks, a CARPET etc in the correct place, especially on the ground or floor

砌砖/铺地毯/铺水泥/铺设电缆等:

The carpet was laid last week.

地毯是上个星期铺的。

The project involved laying an oil pipeline across the desert.

这个工程包括在沙漠里铺设输油管道。

BIRD / INSECT ETC 鸟/昆虫等, [I,T] if a bird, insect etc lays eggs, it produces them from its body

下（蛋）; 产（卵）:

The flies lay their eggs on decaying meat.

苍蝇在腐肉上产卵。

A cuckoo is able to lay in a range of different nests.

杜鹃能在许多个不同的鸟巢里下蛋。

TABLE 餐桌, [T] [BrE] to put the cloth, plates, knives, forks etc on a table, ready for a meal

摆放〔餐具〕;

John was laying the table .

约翰正在摆放餐具。

As she spoke, she was laying him a place at the table.

她一边说，一边在餐桌上给他安排了一个位置。

lay the foundations / groundwork / base, to provide the conditions that will make it possible for something to happen or be successful

打基础:

Mandela helped lay the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.

曼德拉为建立新的民主南非打下了基础。

It was an invention which laid the foundations of modern radio technology.

这一发明为现代无线电技术奠定了基础。

GIVE INFORMATION 提供信息, [T] [formal] to make a statement, give information etc in an official or public way

提出，提交;

Several proposals have been laid before the committee.

几项建议已提交委员会。

lay emphasis / stress on sth, [formal] to emphasize something because you believe it is very important

强调某事物:

a political philosophy that lays great stress on individual responsibility

着重强调个人责任的政治哲学

lay a hand / finger on sb, [usually in negatives] to touch someone with the intention of hurting them

对某人动手:

I swear I didn't lay a finger on him.

我发誓我没有对他动过一根手指头。

If you lay one hand on me, I'll scream.

你要是碰我一下，我就大声尖叫。

lay bare / open sth also lay sth bare / open

lay sb / sth open to sth, to do something that makes it possible for other people to blame you, criticize you etc

使某人/某物受到（责备，批评）:

By doing that, he laid himself open to ridicule.

他那么做招来了大家的嘲笑。

Not to have taken action would have laid the department open to charges o f negligence.

要是当初这个部门没有采取行动，肯定会遭到渎职罪的指控。

lay waste sth also lay waste to sth, [formal] to destroy or damage something, especially in a war

〔尤指战争中〕把某物彻底摧毁（夷为平地）:

The island was laid waste and abandoned.

岛上已经变成一片废墟，荒无人烟。

an attack which laid waste to hundreds of villages

把上百个村庄夷为平地的一次袭击行动

lay plans / a trap etc, to carefully prepare all the details of something

制定计划/设圈套等:

We are laying plans now in order to be successful in the future.

我们现在作好打算，为的是将来取得成就。

Bad weather can upset even the best-laid travel plans.

如果天气不好，旅行计划安排得再好也会被打乱。

lay claim to (doing) sth, to say that something belongs to you or say that you deserve something

声称有对某物的所有权; 声称有做某事的权力:

The town can lay claim to having the oldest theatre in Britain.

这个镇可以说是拥有英国最古老的剧院。

No one has laid claim to the property.

尚无人来认领此物。

lay siege to sb / sth

HAVE SEX 发生性行为, get laid [T] [informal] to have sex with someone

与…性交:

All he wants to do is go out and get laid .

他心里就想着出去和女人睡觉。

LIE 平躺, [I] [spoken] to be in a position in which you are flat – some people consider this use to be incorrect

平躺〔有些人认为此用法不正确〕;

RISK MONEY 赌钱, [T] [especially BrE] to risk an amount of money on the result of a race, sports game etc

押〔赌注〕; 用…打赌;

She laid ￡50 on the favourite, Golden Boy.

她在那匹最喜欢的赛马“金童”身上押了 50 英镑。

I'd lay money that he will go on to play for England.

我敢打赌他会继续为英格兰队效力。

lay sb / sth on the line

lay sth at the door of sb / sth also lay sth at sb's door, to blame something or someone for something

把某事归咎于某人/某事:

The continued divisions within the party cannot be laid entirely at his door.

党内一直存在分歧，不能把责任完全推到他的头上。

Many illnesses are being laid at the door of stress.

许多疾病被认为是压力造成的。

lay sb low

lay sb to rest, [formal] to bury someone after they have died

安葬某人:

She was laid to rest beside her husband.

她被安葬在她丈夫的身边。

lay the ghost (of sth), to finally stop being worried or upset by something from the past

摆脱（某事的）阴影

the lay of the land

the lay of sth, the appearance of something and where each part of it is

某事物的外部情况:

Mr. Lowe will give you the lay of the camp and tell you what we're going to be doing.

洛先生会给你介绍营地的情况，告诉你我们要做些什么。

be a good / quick / easy etc lay, [informal] to be a good, quick etc person to have sex with

是个淫妇

[literary] a poem or song

诗; 歌