lay down

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground. transitive
    — The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon.
  2. simple past of lie down form-of,past
    — He lay down in his bed until he felt better.
  3. To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
    — Two standard types of flat-bottom track were introduced as early as 1949, and some 1,570 miles had been laid down to the end of 1950.
  4. To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision. transitive
    — He laid down his brand-new Harley-Davidson to avoid the oncoming bus.
  5. To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies). transitive
    — Let's lay down the rules right at the beginning, so we are consistent.
  6. To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
  7. To kill (someone). dated,transitive
  8. To euthanize an animal. euphemistic,transitive
  9. To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
  10. To lie down. intransitive,proscribed
    — I feel a bit ill, so I'm going to go lay down for a while.
  11. To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build. dated
  12. To place a sheet in a printing press for printing. obsolete

词形变化

lays down present,singular,third-person laying down participle,present laid down participle,past laid down past

词源

From Middle English leyen doun, leien doun (“to lay down”), equivalent to lay + down.
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