单词 | to lay dead |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay dead to lay dead U.S. colloquial (esp. in Black English): to be inconspicuous through inactivity; = to lay low at low adj. and n.2 Phrases 3b; also, to do nothing in particular, to loiter, ‘hang about’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > be inconspicuous to lay dead1947 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > in order to remain inconspicuous to lay dead1947 1947 Amer. Speech 22 122/1 The boys say, ‘Lay dead and you'll get ahead’. 1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 55 Now we can cool off and lay dead for a week or two. 1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 178 Milwaukee is noted for being the toughest city in the Midwest to..lay dead in. 1967 Trans-action Apr. 6/1 The dudes could be found when they were ‘laying dead’—hanging on the corner, or shooting pool and ‘jiving’ (‘goofing’ or kidding around) in a local community project. 1972 T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 165 Nonactivity on the street corner is ‘laying dead’, besides the more conventional ‘hanging’. 1990 Los Angeles Times (Ventura County ed.) 22 May b1/3 According to transcripts of the conversation,..he was ‘laying dead for Holmes’ in the Courthouse parking lot, armed with a gun. < as lemmas |
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