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

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.

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.

7. đặt cọc, đánh cược

   To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.

   transitive

   I dare lay mine honour / He will remain so.

8. ngủ với, quan hệ tình dục

   To have sex with.

   slang · transitive

   to get laid

Dạng khác

• lays present, singular, third-person
• laying participle, present
• laid participle, past
• lay first-person, present, singular
• layest archaic, present, second-person, singular
• laidst archaic, past, second-person, singular

Dễ nhầm với

Âm /l/, /n/ và /r/ dễ lẫn