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单词 laying on
释义

lay on

verb

laid on; laying on; lays on

transitive verb

1
a
: to apply by or as if by spreading on a surface
laying it on thick
b
: provide, arrange
food laid on in abundance
c
: hand out
laid on awards
2
chiefly British : hire

intransitive verb

: attack, beat

Synonyms

  • apply
  • lay
  • spread
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Example Sentences

she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District
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Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

laying on

verb

present participle of lay on
1
as in applying
to put a layer of on a surface she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • applying
  • spreading
  • smearing
  • laying
  • bedaubing
  • coating
  • besmearing
  • plastering
  • anointing
  • layering
  • dabbing
  • covering
  • sheeting
  • overlying
  • daubing
  • overlaying
  • carpeting
  • surfacing
  • slathering
  • mantling
  • overspreading
  • blanketing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • exposing
  • stripping
  • peeling
  • uncovering
  • baring
2
as in hiring
chiefly British to provide with a paying job lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • hiring
  • employing
  • recruiting
  • taking on
  • signing (up or on)
  • engaging
  • paying
  • retaining
  • assuming
  • enlisting
  • feeing
  • placing
  • reemploying
  • partnering
  • rehiring
  • subcontracting
  • contracting
  • jobbing
  • keeping (on)
  • promoting
  • reengaging
  • apprenticing
  • upgrading
  • re-employing
  • re-engaging
  • scouting
  • advancing
  • headhunting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dismissing
  • firing
  • discharging
  • laying off
  • canning
  • sacking
  • locking out
  • axing
  • furloughing
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