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单词 lay-up
释义

lay-up

or lay·up

[ ley-uhp ]
/ ˈleɪˌʌp /

noun

Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point close to the basket, in which a player shoots the ball toward the basket, often off the backboard.
the operation of assembling veneers for pressing into plywood.
the operation of applying alternate layers of material and a binder to form a bonded material.
lay1 (def. 40).

Origin of lay-up

First recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase lay up

Words nearby lay-up

lay someone low, laytime, lay to, Layton, lay to rest, lay-up, lay vicar, lay waste, laywoman, lazar, lazaretto
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Example sentences from the Web for lay-up

  • Evidently the Montana's lay-up had discouraged the mass of stockholders.

    Blow The Man Down|Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for lay-up

lay up

verb (tr, adverb)

to store or reserve for future use
(usually passive) informal to incapacitate or confine through illness
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with lay-up

lay up

see laid up; lay in.

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