英语词汇“lie to”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

lie to

释义

lie² /lī/

intransitive verb (prp lyˈing; pat lay; pap lain, (Bible) līˈen, (non-standard) laid, by confusion with lay¹)

To be in a horizontal or nearly horizontal position
To assume such a position
To lean
To press
To be situated
To have a position or extent
To remain
To be or remain passively
To abide
To be still
To be incumbent
To depend
To consist
To be sustainable (law)
To be imprisoned (Shakespeare)
To lodge, pass the night (archaic)

noun

Mode or direction of lying
Slope and disposition
Relative position
General situation
A spell of lying
An animal's lair or resting place
A position from which a golf ball is to be played
A layer (archaic or dialect)
A railway siding

ORIGIN: OE licgan; Ger liegen; Gothic ligan

līˈer noun

lieˈ-abedˈ noun

Someone who lies late in bed (also adjective)

lie-down see lie down below.

lieˈ-inˈ noun

A longer than usual stay in bed in the morning

lyˈing-inˈ noun (pl lyˈings-inˈ)

Confinement during childbirth

lying-in hospital or lying-in ward noun (old)

A maternity hospital or ward

lie along (archaic)

To be extended at full length

lie at someone's door

(of something untoward) to be directly attributable to someone

lie at someone's heart (archaic)

To be an object of interest or affection to someone

lie back

To lean back on a support
To rest after a period of hard work

lie by

To be inactive
To keep out of the way
To lie to (nautical)

lie by the heels (archaic)

To be in prison

lie down

To place oneself in a horizontal position, esp in order to sleep or rest (lieˈ-downˈ noun)

lie hard or heavy on, upon or to

To oppress, burden

lie in

To stay in bed later than usual
To be in the state of giving birth to a child (old)

lie in one

To be in one's power

lie in the way

To be ready, at hand
To be an obstacle

lie in wait

To lie in ambush (often with for)

lie low

To keep quiet or hidden
To conceal one's actions or intentions

lie of the land (figurative)

The current situation

lie on or upon

To be incumbent on

lie on one's hands

To remain unwanted, unclaimed or unused

lie on one's oars see under oar

lie out of

To remain without the good of, without payment of

lie over

To be deferred to a future occasion

lie to (nautical)

To be or become nearly stationary with head to the wind

lie under

To be subject to or oppressed by

lie up

To abstain from work
To take to or remain in bed
(of a ship) to go into or be in dock

lie with

To rest with as a choice, duty, etc
To have sexual intercourse with (Bible or archaic)
To lodge or sleep with (archaic)

take it lying down (informal)

To endure without resistance or protest

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lie2 /lī/

lie² /lī/