lay

Các nghĩa

1. đặt, để nằm

   To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.

   transitive

   to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave

   A shower of rain lays the dust.

   A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den.

2. trừ tà, xua đuổi (ma quỷ)

   To compel a supernatural entity to cease haunting a place, often by ritual or prayer; to exorcise or banish (a spirit or ghost).

   transitive

3. đặt ra, thiết lập (kế hoạch, luật)

   To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).

   transitive

   Even when I lay a long plan, it is never in the expectation that I will live to see it fulfilled.

4. lắp đặt, lát (gạch, sàn)

   To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

   transitive

   lay brick; lay flooring

5. đẻ trứng

   To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).

   transitive

   The hen laid an egg.

   Did dinosaurs lay their eggs in a nest?

6. cá, đánh cược

   To bet (that something is or is not the case).

   transitive

   I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday.

Dạng khác

• lays present, singular, third-person
• laying participle, present
• laid participle, past

Dễ nhầm với

Âm /l/, /n/ và /r/ dễ lẫn