| 单词 | to lay to sight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay to sight a. To put into a condition (usually one of subjection, passivity, or exposure to view or danger: cf. the corresponding uses of lie v.1 8), which is expressed by an adjective complement, adverb, or adverbial phrase, as in to lay fallow, idle; to lay (land) dry, under water; to lay under necessity, obligation, difficulty, a command, etc. to lay bare: (a) to denude, remove the covering from; (b) to expose to view, reveal. †to lay in forbode: to prohibit the use of. †to lay to sight: to reveal, disclose. to lay under contribution: see contribution n. 1b. to lay in (also a) water: see water n. Phrases 2f. For lay open, waste, see the adjectives. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition set971 haveOE wendOE to bring onc1230 teemc1275 putc1330 run1391 casta1400 laya1400 stead1488 constitute1490 render1490 takea1530 introduce1532 deduce1545 throw?1548 derive?c1550 turn1577 to work up1591 estate1605 arrive1607 state1607 enduea1616 assert1638 sublime1654 to run up1657 society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > proscribe or interdict to lay in forbodea1400 outlawc1400 suspend1488 interdict1502 inhibita1513 proscribe1622 contraband1678 ban1816 red-line1958 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > uncover and expose unwryc825 bareOE unhelec1000 uncoverc1390 disclosea1393 to lay outa1400 unhidea1400 declose14.. unbare1530 discover1563 imbear1657 fleece1667 unfence1715 to lay bare1807 to open out1832 strip1839 expose1851 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 765 Þe midward tre is vs outtan, Our lauerd in forbot has it laid. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Matrimony, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 513 Let him..never lay these matters to sight. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 41 It lays him at the Mercy of Chance and Humour. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 156 He first laid the Country under Water. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 262 This laid us under a necessity of filling all our casks from the furthest part of the lake. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 18 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1261 Which might..lay him under difficulties—both what to say and how to look. 1807 R. Wilson Jrnl. 2 July in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) II. viii. 291 I rowed part of the way in the queen's boat, an exercise..of which my hands will long bear the marks, as they are laid bare over the whole of both palms. 1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 vi. 44 A space of comparatively dry clay was laid bare. 1873 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxvi, in Monthly Packet July 9 He was laid under orders to follow the commands of the Spanish king. 1897 Daily News 26 Feb. 7/3 Another workmen's train was stopped..many workmen being thus laid idle for the day. < as lemmas |
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