单词 | laid in |
释义 | > as lemmaslaid in c. with adverbs, as by (cf. to lay by 6 at lay v.1 Phrasal verbs), down, off (cf. to lay off 6 at lay v.1 Phrasal verbs), on, out, up; †laid in = ‘inlaid’. Also, laid-back, inclined backwards; as figurative, relaxed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [adjective] inlaid1598 laid in1598 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [adjective] > designed or laid out tame1551 laid1827 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > restrained by ill health bedridc1000 bedridden1340 bedlarc1440 bedrel1513 bed-sickc1550 clinica1631 bedfasta1639 non-surrective1668 decumbent1689 invalided1837 laid1868 to lay aside1879 wheelchaired1938 on the sick1976 1598 Inv. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 325 A..bedsteade of walnuttree varnished vpon layd in woorke. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Laid-up, the situation of a ship when she is either moored in a harbour during the winter season, or laid by, for want of employment: or when by age and craziness she is rendered incapable of further service. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 390 An ill laid-out place..is, generally speaking, the work of the owner. 1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 34 A laid out tub of coals is a tub of coals containing stones or foul coal beyond a certain specified quantity, usually one quart. 1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa 60 However good in their way broad principles, and laid down courses of cropping or of treatment may be. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Laid off, applied to a person who from illness or other disablement is incapable of working as usual. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1246/1 Laid-on (Joinery), a term applied to moldings which are got out in strips and nailed on to the surface of the object. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 22 In the midst of beautifully laid-out gardens, is the..Palace of the Raja. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 9 June 16/3 The Valenciennes running around the laid-on tucks surrounding the skirt. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 23 Dec. 4/1 To get in under the ball you must have a shallow head..or else a very much laid-back face. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 30 Apr. 4/2 You can take a laid-back club and loft right over it. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xviii. 394 Any man could look at him and perhaps recognise him: Byron Bunch, that weeded another man's laidby crop, without any halvers. 1934 Archit. Rev. 76 13 Central heating, lighting, cooking, vacuum cleaning, laid-on water and drainage. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 43 Laid on, confirming that transport and supplies are available, that men are on the spot, and, in short, that everything is ready for action. 1955 Times 31 May 5/3 The union proposed that the guaranteed level of pay for ‘laid off’, meaning temporarily unemployed, workers, should be 80 per cent. of gross pay rather than 100 per cent. of take-home pay as originally proposed. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 15 Mar. 75/3 The appeal of zero-grazing is that it requires no fencing, no laid-on water, but maintains fertility. 1967 Guardian 26 July 10/7 A group of laid-on Turkish peasants in costume, dancing a jig. 1970 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. 6/2 Laid-off workers at Coventry are receiving..£5 unemployment benefit. 1973 Melody Maker 28 July 36/2 This hit-writer of the early 60s came out with a highly contemporary style which fitted the fashionable term ‘laid-back’, and her ‘Tapestry’ album zoomed up to become one of the three biggest-selling LPs of all time. 1974 New Society 7 Mar. 589/3 It's all cheerfully grotty and relaxed in the usual laid-back Montreal style. < as lemmas |
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