单词 | to lay in |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay in to lay in 1. transitive. See simple senses and in n.1 †to lay in an oar, mentioned as an accompaniment of setting sail; also absol. (in quot. c1300). to lay in the oars: to unship them. ΚΠ c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 718 Sone dede he leyn in an ore, And drou him to þe heye se. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 106 Þay layden in on laddeborde & þe lofe wynnes. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. bvij/2 Whan the thorne was drawen fro the crowne, he took hys syght, and whan it was layed in ageyn he recouuerd his heeryng. 1599 George a Greene sig. E4 [Shoemaker speaks in the road] Stay till I lay in my Tooles. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Leve-rame!, Unship the oars! the order to the rowers to lay in their oars. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lay in the oars, unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat. 2. To place in store; to provide oneself with a stock of. Also said of ‘taking in’ food; hence absol. to feed vigorously (now vulgar). †Also occasionally to put stores into, stock (a place). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat heartily to lay in1579 to fall aboard——1603 to eat (also work) like a horse1707 to play a good knife and fork1809 tuck1810 stoke1882 to mug up1897 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > lay in a supply of to fet ina1556 to lay in1662 store1719 to get in1869 to turn down1891 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > stock (a place, etc.) with something fillOE store1264 pitchc1300 stuffc1386 fretc1400 replete?a1425 enstorea1450 engrange1480 plenish1488 freightc1503 people1581 stocka1640 stack1652 bestore1661 to lay in1662 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 297/2 If a man bee giuen to quaffing and laying in, he careth not..howe other be prouided for. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 200 And to be Laid in, and Stored vp, and then Deliuered out in Proportion. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 179 We see in a Town besieged, though it be well laid in with Corn..what streights they are soon put to. 1677 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 12th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Duke of Rutland (1889) 37 in Parl. Papers (C. 5889–II) XLIV. 393 I have laid you in some beare. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 246 They observe this Maxim, Always to lay in Ballast, they eating heartily. 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 131. ⁋3 A great Magazine of Wines that he had laid in before the War. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 589 The rustic Jacobites were laying in arms. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. xi. 438 So soon as we have horses, it will not appear strange that we lay in a little hay. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms vii Then..the eggs and bacon—my word! how Jim did lay in. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > put forward a claim claim1303 to call upon ——1472 represent1498 to lay in1603 to lay claim toa1616 title1633 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > make (a claim) to lay in1710 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 123 The countie of Tripolis laied in for himselfe, that hee was descended from Raymund of Tholous. 1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 5. ⁋2 After this short preface by which..I lay in my claim to be a Politician, I shall enter on my discourse. 1734 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1870) IV. 842 There is a new Church erected at the South end of Boston and they are laying in for Mr. Brown. 1747 tr. Mem. Nutrebian Court I. x. 169 She applied to the then acting ministers, laying in her claim to her principality. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > strive or struggle hiec888 to stand inc1175 wrag?c1225 wrestle?c1225 stretcha1375 strivec1384 pressc1390 hitc1400 wring1470 fend15.. battle1502 contend?1518 reluct1526 flichter1528 touse1542 struggle1597 to lay in1599 strain?1606 stickle1613 fork1681 sprattle1786 buffet1824 fight1859 the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] > attempt to obtain or attain to found toOE keepc1000 seekc1000 throwa1393 minta1400 intentc1450 to try for1534 sue1548 attempt?c1550 reachc1571 assay1595 put1596 to lay in for1599 climba1616 captate1628 court1639 obseek1646 solicit1717 to make a bid for1885 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1629) 178 There is scant any office or estate can fall void, but they lay in by all meanes to get into it. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 502 If thou lay in for faith, come with an heart empty of other thoughts. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel To Rdr. p. i If I happen to please the more Moderate sort, I shall be sure of..the best Judges..And, I confess, I have laid in for those, by rebating the Satyre..from carrying too sharp an Edge. 5. transitive (Agriculture). To enclose or reserve (a meadow) for hay. Cf. to lay up 2 at Phrasal verbs (b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [verb (transitive)] > crop with grass or hay > close meadow to grow hay to lay in1600 to lay down1608 to shut up1765 to put up1892 1600 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 228/1 Þatt all persones quha hes teillit..ony pairt..of his maiesteis..or vtheris commounteis..That they within ȝeir & day..lay in the samyn commounteis agane. 1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) sig. Rvb, at Falcatura Meadows hay'd, or laid in for Hay. 1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 ii. 387 The proportion of hay is not great, the meadows are ‘laid in’ in April and May. 6. Horticulture (a) To place in position (the new wood of a trained tree). (b) (See quot. 1898.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > train rail?1387 trail1398 train?1440 conduct1477 to lay in1802 espalier1810 trellis1818 set1845 1802 W. Forsyth Treat. Fruit-trees ii. 31 It is too common a practice to lay-in the shoots at full length. 1890 R. D. Blackmore Kit & Kitty III. xiv. 185 I can lay a tree in straight enough, but I am out of my line telling things. 1898 Wright & Dewar Johnson's Gardener's Dict. 548/2 Laying-in is a gardener's term for training the branches of espaliers and wall-trees. Laying-in-by-the-heels is his mode of describing a plant's having the roots roughly buried in the soil for some temporary purpose. 7. Printing. (See quot. 1683.) ΚΠ 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 383 When the Press-man lays Sheets on the Tympan, it is stiled Laying in Sheets. ΚΠ 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 150 Here, Huntsman, bring..all thy jolly Hounds, And calmly lay them in. 9. To paint (a picture or some of its parts) in the first unfinished stage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > lay on a colour > lay on preparatory layer dead-colour1658 to lay in1676 1676 C. Beale Pocket-bk. in H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (1763) III. i. 74 Moneys paid my son Barth. for work, laying in the draperys of his mother's pictures. a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 215 Painting upon a darkish ground..will..tend to..destroy the purity..of all your lighter tints, particularly if you do not employ a great body of colour in the laying them in. 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight ii. 24 The whitewasher..is summoned to ‘lay in’ the great masses of colour. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Oct. 4/2 An artist ‘laid in’ a picture for an amateur, who muddled on with it for awhile and got it accepted at the Academy, but the artist who had laid the picture in was himself rejected. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > [verb (transitive)] layc1300 spreadc1300 setc1386 servec1405 cover1563 to lay in1788 lie1809 fix1842 1788 G. Colman Ways & Means i. i. 4 The cloth is laid in it for breakfast. ΚΠ 1611 [see to lay down 12 at Phrasal verbs]. 12. To deliver, ‘get in’ (a blow); to shed, ‘turn on’ (tears). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow) setc1300 smitec1300 layc1330 drivec1380 slentc1380 hit?a1400 to lay ona1400 reacha1400 fetchc1400 depart1477 warpc1480 throw1488 lenda1500 serve1561 wherret1599 senda1627 lunge1735 to lay in1809 wreak1817 to get in1834 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. ii. 188 Jacintha was by his bed-side, laying in her tears by wholesale. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. i. 17 I had no sooner laid in this home stroke [etc.]. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. xiii. 204 A sharp brush of fighting; not great in quantity, but laid in at the right moment. 13. To discontinue working (a colliery). Also, to withdraw from use, render inactive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > discontinue working (a colliery) to lay in1846 1846 M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table-bk. V. 78 Several collieries having been laid in this day. 1894 Standard 25 Apr. 6/5 The effect of the Bill would be, they believed, to lay in one-fifth of all that capital. 1896 Daily News 28 Sept. 7/5 The miners at Haswell Colliery, county Durham, finished bringing their gear to bank on Saturday, and the pits are now laid in. 14. intransitive (Nautical) To come in from the yards after reefing or furling. (Cf. lie in at to lie in 3 at lie v.1 Phrasal verbs.) ΚΠ 1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 46 The outside men will lay out and unclamp the booms,..then lay in again. to lay in to lay in Basketball. To bounce (the ball) off the backboard into the basket. Cf. lay-in n. ΚΠ 1976 J. Scott Bill Walton iii. 111 Silas grabs the ball and lays it in, making it 4–0 Denver. 1987 New Yorker 19 Jan. 28 Twice, she stole the ball beneath her own basket and raced coast-to-coast to lay it in. < as lemmas |
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