- (按计划)安排；布置；设计(版面或建筑物等)：
The flower garden was tastefully laid out.
这座花园布局雅致。
We spent the whole morning laying out pictures for the magazine.
我们花了一上午为这个杂志设计图片的版面。
- 花(钱)；投(资)；捐(款):
He laid out all his savings in buying a car.
他把所有积蓄都用来买车了。
- [lay oneself out]用力;使(自己)尽力：
She laid herself out to provide us with every facility.
她想方设法为我们提供一切方便。
- 摆出；展开；陈列展览；延伸：
She has laid out her husband's two-piece suit.
她已经把丈夫的两件头西服摆出来了。
The quality products were neatly laid out in the exhibition hall.
优质产品整齐地陈列在展览厅里。
- 为(尸体)做殡葬准备；陈殓：
The villagers went to lay out the bodies in the battlefield.
村民们前去陈殓战场上的死尸。
- [俚语]打昏，打倒在地；打死：
The old man laid the robber out with a stick.
老人用一根棍子将强盗打昏在地。
- [俚语]杀死：
He was laid out before he had time to defend himself.
他还没来得及自卫就被杀死了。
- [俚语]谴责，斥责；非难:
The teacher laid the student out for cheat at the examination.
老师斥责学生在考试中作弊。
- 使…非常疲倦：
The three day's march laid the soldiers out.
三天的行军让士兵们疲惫不堪。
- 为(工件)定线；为…划样
- 提议；计划；打算：
The chairman laid out to adjourn the meeting for a week.
主席提议休会一星期。
- 采取措施
- 无故缺席