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单词 lay down
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lay down

1. phrasal verb
If you lay something down, you put it down, usually because you have finished using it.
Daniel finished the article and laid the newspaper down on his desk. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
She laid down her knife and fork and pushed her plate away. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If rules or people in authority lay down what people should do or must do, they officially state what they should or must do.
The Companies Act lays down a set of minimum requirements. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
Taxis must conform to the rigorous standards laid down by the police. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb
If someone lays down their weapons, they stop fighting a battle or war and make peace.
The drug-traffickers have offered to lay down their arms. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
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lay down in British English

verb (tr, adverb)
1. 
to place on the ground, etc
2. 
to relinquish or discard
to lay down one's life
3. 
to formulate (a rule, principle, etc)
4. 
to build or begin to build
the railway was laid down as far as Manchester
5. 
to record (plans) on paper
6. 
to convert (land) into pasture
7. 
to store or stock
to lay down wine
8.  informal
to wager or bet
9. (tr, adverb) informal
to record (tracks) in a studio

lay down in American English

1. 
to sacrifice or give up (one's life)
2. 
to assert or declare emphatically
3. 
to bet; wager
4. 
to store away, as wine in a cellar
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Examples of 'lay down' in a sentence
lay down

I closed the file, turned out the lights, and lay down.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY
Moira was full of bright ideas about the mixing, and some synth effects she wanted me to lay down.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002)
Beryl lay down, her mind revolving round the day's happenings like a hamster on a wheel.
Fraser, Anthea DEATH SPEAKS SOFTLY
He heard the rustle of the silk bedcover being turned down and the creak of the springs as the woman lay down.
Stuart Woods NEW YORK DEAD (1991)

All related terms of 'lay down'

lie down
When you lie down , you move into a horizontal position, usually in order to rest or sleep.
lay down the law
to tell people very forcefully and firmly what to do
lay down your arms
If soldiers lay down their arms , they stop fighting and give up their weapons .
lay down one's arms
to stop fighting ; surrender
to lay down the law
If you say that someone lays down the law , you are critical of them because they give other people orders and they think that they are always right.
to lay down your life
If someone lays down their life for another person, they die so that the other person can live .

Chinese translation of 'lay down'

lay down

vt

  1. (= put down) 放下 (fàngxià)
  2. [rules, laws etc] 制定 (zhìdìng)
    to lay down the law 定下规(規)矩 (dìngxià guījǔ)
    to lay down one's life for sb (liter, in war etc) 为(為)某人而牺(犧)牲自己的生命 (wèi mǒurén ér xīshēng zìjǐ de shēngmìng)
See lay

lie down

vi

  1. [person] 躺下 (tǎngxià)
    to take sth lying down 对(對)某事俯首屈服 (duì mǒushì fǔshǒu qūfú)
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Nearby words of
lay down

  • laxative
  • lay
  • lay aside
  • lay down
  • lay in
  • lay into
  • lay off

All related terms of 'lay down'

to lay down the law
定下规(規)矩 dìngxià guījǔ
lie down
( person ) 躺下 tǎngxià
to lay down one's life for sb
( liter : in war etc ) 为(為)某人而牺(犧)牲自己的生命 wèi mǒurén ér xīshēng zìjǐ de shēngmìng
lay up
▶ to be laid up (with sth) ( inf : with illness ) (因 ... 而)卧(臥)床 (yīn ... ér) wòchuáng
lay out
( spread out : objects ) 摊(攤)开(開) tānkāi
lay on
( meal, entertainment etc ) 提供 tígōng ⇒ Mrs Kaul had laid on dinner. → 考尔太太设了宴席。 Kǎo'ěr tàitai shèle yànxí.
lay off
( workers ) 解雇(僱) jiěgù
lay into
( attack physically ) 痛打 tòngdǎ
lay in
( supply ) 储(儲)存 chǔcún
lay aside
( object ) 把 ... 放在一边(邊) bǎ ... fàng zài yībiān
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