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单词 waylay
释义
waylayway‧lay /weɪˈleɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle waylaid) [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwaylay
Origin:
1500-1600 way + lay ‘to set a trap for’ (13-19 centuries)
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
waylay
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theywaylay
he, she, itwaylays
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theywaylaid
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave waylaid
he, she, ithas waylaid
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad waylaid
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill waylay
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have waylaid
Continuous Form
PresentIam waylaying
he, she, itis waylaying
you, we, theyare waylaying
PastI, he, she, itwas waylaying
you, we, theywere waylaying
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been waylaying
he, she, ithas been waylaying
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been waylaying
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be waylaying
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been waylaying
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Thousands of passengers were waylaid by the airline strike.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Amiss hovered in the gallery, hoping to waylay an informant.
  • He waylaid Stella in the paint-frame where she had been sent to boil rabbit glue on the Bunsen burner.
  • Her father waylaid Barre-to her chagrin-and boasted about his daughter's talent.
  • She had lost count of the number of times she had slapped his hands from her body whenever he waylaid her outside.
  • She might just waylay him and hit him with something heavy!
  • They came to his home uninvited once or twice and they would waylay him as he emerged from work at the factory.
  • Yes, I could be in some danger - and there was an attempt to waylay me today.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Sorry, we got waylaid at the bar.
1if someone waylays you, they stop you when you are going somewhere, for example to attack you or talk to you:  They used to waylay him as he came out of the factory.2if you are waylaid, you are delayed when you are doing something – often used humorously to say why you are late:  Sorry, we got waylaid at the bar.GRAMMAR Waylay is usually passive in this meaning.
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