| 单词 | lay over |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay over to lay over 1. transitive. To overlay. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > spread or draw over (a thing) as covering for > bespread or cover with wryc950 bredeOE bridgeOE bespreadc1275 couchc1330 spreadc1330 cover1382 overspreadc1385 overlaya1400 overcast1440 to draw overc1450 ramplish1494 to lay over1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hab. ii. C It is layed ouer with golde and syluer. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 84 The laying over a Wall, white in oyl, twelve pence a yard. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 56 Sads, laid over with Boughs. 1732 Ld. Tyrawly in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 381 Crimson velvet, laid all over with gold lace. 2. transitive. U.S. colloquial. To miss, allow to pass by; to postpone; to lay a temporary embargo on. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1885 A. Gray Lett. (1893) 772 At Las Vegas, New Mexico, we laid over one train, to rest and see the Hot Springs. 1890 St. Nicholas Mag. Sept. 920/1 I know of tennis matches..that have been laid over for hours because of a sprained ankle. 1890 Standard 20 Nov. 5/2 Great regions were ‘laid over’. They were taboo to the hunter until the fur animals had time to recover themselves. 3. transitive ? U.S. colloquial. To excel, to ‘put in the shade’. Also to lay it over, to get the better of, take advantage of (a person). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > put in the shade or put to shame shamec1400 to put down1494 extinguish1551 stain1557 overshadow1581 cloud1582 defacea1592 shend1596 to lay up1601 to shine down1623 dazzle1643 umbrage1647 foila1687 efface1717 eclipse1718 shade?1748 put into the shade1796 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 to put to shame1854 to leave (a person) standing1864 to lay over1869 blanket1884 upstage1921 1869 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp (1870) 15 They've a street up there in ‘Roaring’ that would lay over any street in Red Dog. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad ii. 37 In scolding..a blue-jay can lay over anything, human or divine. 1911 J. F. Wilson Land Claimers xiii. 179 He let on as how anybody..could lay it all over you. 4. transitive. To turn over. ΚΠ 1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 188 Unless so rainy as to be impracticable, he lays it all over, thus inverting the cock, and replaces the cap. to lay over to lay over intransitive. = to lie over at lie v.1 Phrasal verbs. U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey > break one's journey call1642 to lay over1817 to stop over1855 to break one's journey1880 1817 Indiana Hist. Soc. Publ. (1918) 6 296 We concluded to put up for the night and to lay over the Sabbath. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It ii. 28 You git out at Cottonwood..and lay over a couple o' days. 1922 R. Lardner in Cosmopolitan July 59/2 Our train laid over in Washington two hours till another train come along to pick us up and I got out and strolled up the platform and into the Union Station. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xvii. 157 The Treasury agent fixed it so I'd arrive at the Philly jail on Friday night and have to lay over in that hellhole until Monday. 1986 New Yorker 26 May 62/3 One pilot..clipped part of a wingtip, and had to lay over while it was fixed. < as lemmas |
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