lie in wait

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly. idiomatic,intransitive
    — Nothing impressed me, so much, in my visits here (which were pretty numerous) as the uncommonly hard and cruel character of the audience, who resent the slightest defect, take nothing good-humouredly, seem to be always lying in wait for an opportunity to hiss, and spare the actresses as little as the actors.

词形变化

lies in wait present,singular,third-person lying in wait participle,present lay in wait past lain in wait participle,past
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