短语 | lay up |
释义 | lay up 1. be laid up (with sth) to have to stay in bed because you are ill or injured(因患病或受伤)卧床不起:•I was laid up for a week with flu.我得流感卧床了一个星期。2. to stop using a boat or vehicle, especially while it is being repaired使〔船只〕入坞维修; 使〔车辆〕闲置不用:lay sth ↔ up •Most of the yachts were laid up for the winter.大部分游艇冬季都入坞检修了。3. lay sth ↔ up old-fashionedto collect and store something to use in the future储存某物,储备某物:•We started laying up firewood for the winter.我们开始储存柴火准备过冬。 CHOICE lay, lie:The verb lay must have an object.It is a slightly literary way to say 'put something somewhere'. 动词 lay 必须有一个宾语,意为“把某物放到某处”,略带一点文学色彩:•She lays a silk cloth over the table.她在桌子上铺了一块真丝台布。The verb lie does not have an object.It means 'be or get into a horizontal position somewhere'. 动词 lie 不带宾语,意为“平躺在某处”:•Let's lie on the grass.我们来躺在草地上吧。•Lie down here for a while.在这里躺一会。 ► lay is also the past tense of lie . lay 也是 lie 的过去式:•I lay on the couch and tried to relax.我躺在长沙发上想放松一下。The past tense of lay is laid .lay 的过去式是 laid:•He laid his hand on my shoulder.他把一只手搭在我的肩上。 lay up Golf hit the ball deliberately to a lesser distance than possible, typically in order to avoid a hazard 【高尔夫】(尤指为避免风险)故意近击。 lay up1. save or store for future use 储备   * Bees lay up honey for the winter. 蜜蜂采蜜以过冬。   * There was no ammunition laid up in the storehouses. 仓库里没有贮存军火。2. keep in bed; cause to stay in bed or keep indoors 卧床;呆在家里   * He has been laid up with a broken leg. 他腿摔坏后一直卧床。   * A bad attack of flu can lay you up longer than you think. 严重流感会使你卧床的时间比想象得长。   * I've been laid up with rheumatism for a week. 风湿病使我卧床休息了一个星期。   * You'll lay yourself up if you go on like this. 如果你这样继续下去的话,你就要病倒了。3. (of a car or a ship) take out of use or active service and keep in a garage or a boat dock(船或小汽车)搁置不使用;放在车棚里或停在码头   * There are some people who use their cars only in the period between March and December, and lay them up during the winter. 有些人只在3月至12月期间使用小汽车,在冬天就停止使用了。   * Bill had to lay up his boat when school started. 学校开学后,比尔不得不把他的船收藏起来。   * The company have had to lay up several of their fleet, and others are likely to be laid up if trade does not improve. 公司不得不让一些船休航在码头,如果生意无起色的话,其它船队也可能停航。   * My car has been laid up for a week for urgent repairs. 我的小车要紧急修理,已经停止使用一个星期了。4. accumulate 积蓄   * You'd better have an allround physical examination right away or you're laying up trouble for yourself. 你最好立即作一次全面的体格检查,否则你会给自己添麻烦的。 |
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