英语词汇“to lay wait”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to lay wait, †lay one's wait.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] > lie in wait

siteOE

wait?c1225

aspya1250

awaita1250

keepc1275

to sit in wait(s)a1300

lurkc1300

bush1330

to lie at (the) waitc1440

to lie on waitc1440

to lie wait1445

lay one's wait1535

hugger1567

to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578

couch1582

ambuscade1592

to lie (also stand, stay, etc.) perdu1624

to lie at (or upon the) snap1631

ambush1638

to hole up1912

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. viii. 206 But God being the friend..of Constantinus brought to light the wayte layde for him in secret.

1587 F. Thynne Ann. Scotl. 457/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II But hauing wait laid for him by an ambush of his enimies, he was in his iorneie towards his castell intercepted.

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xii. 286 Wherefore they laied wait for him as hee came one day from hunting, and murdered him.

1653 J. Mayer Expos. Ps. in Comm. O.T. III. 297 When wait was layd for him to kill him in his house.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 169 Although they could escape all the wait laid for them by Pirates.

1841 G. P. R. James Brigand iii They were known to lay wait in all the principal passes, both of Piedmont and Savoy.

figurative and in extended use.1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts xx. C I haue..serued y^e Lorde..with many teares and tentacions, which happened vnto me by y^e layenges of wayte of the Iewes.1599 T. Storer Life & Death Wolsey sig. G2^v Those vnbaptised sacrilegious hands, That onely for Gods vestrie laide their waite.1611 Bible (King James) Jer. ix. 8 One speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his waite. 1755 Monitor I. 27 Can a free constitution be out of danger, where one part of it lays wait to destroy the energy of another?1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. II. 42 By laying wait for a favourable moment, she might ultimately obtain the enjoyment of her criminal passion.1891 Sat. Rev. 14 Nov. 563/2 Their..followers laid perpetual wait to steal.

单词	to lay wait
释义	> as lemmas to lay wait d. to lay wait, †lay one's wait. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] > lie in wait siteOE wait?c1225 aspya1250 awaita1250 keepc1275 to sit in wait(s)a1300 lurkc1300 bush1330 to lie at (the) waitc1440 to lie on waitc1440 to lie wait1445 lay one's wait1535 hugger1567 to lie at (on, upon the) lurch1578 couch1582 ambuscade1592 to lie (also stand, stay, etc.) perdu1624 to lie at (or upon the) snap1631 ambush1638 to hole up1912 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. viii. 206 But God being the friend..of Constantinus brought to light the wayte layde for him in secret. 1587 F. Thynne Ann. Scotl. 457/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II But hauing wait laid for him by an ambush of his enimies, he was in his iorneie towards his castell intercepted. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xii. 286 Wherefore they laied wait for him as hee came one day from hunting, and murdered him. 1653 J. Mayer Expos. Ps. in Comm. O.T. III. 297 When wait was layd for him to kill him in his house. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 169 Although they could escape all the wait laid for them by Pirates. 1841 G. P. R. James Brigand iii They were known to lay wait in all the principal passes, both of Piedmont and Savoy. figurative and in extended use.1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts xx. C I haue..serued y^e Lorde..with many teares and tentacions, which happened vnto me by y^e layenges of wayte of the Iewes.1599 T. Storer Life & Death Wolsey sig. G2^v Those vnbaptised sacrilegious hands, That onely for Gods vestrie laide their waite.1611 Bible (King James) Jer. ix. 8 One speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his waite. View more context for this quotation1755 Monitor I. 27 Can a free constitution be out of danger, where one part of it lays wait to destroy the energy of another?1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. II. 42 By laying wait for a favourable moment, she might ultimately obtain the enjoyment of her criminal passion.1891 Sat. Rev. 14 Nov. 563/2 Their..followers laid perpetual wait to steal. extracted from waitn. < as lemmas
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