laid 英 [leɪd]   美 [led]

laid

laid  英 [leɪd] 美 [led]

v. 放;铺设;安排(lay的过去分词)  adj. 松弛的;从容不迫的 

He laid his work by during the holidays. 在休假期间,他把工作放到了一边。
The shop laid the cloth by for a customer. 商店为一个顾客保留着这些布料。

  • Laid means "set down." If you built a brick wall, and then when it's done your neighbor complains that the wall crosses onto his property, tell him, "too late! The brick has already been laid."
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  • v. 放;铺设;安排(lay的过去分词)
  • adj. 松弛的;从容不迫的
  • 1. He laid his work by during the holidays.

    在休假期间,他把工作放到了一边。

  • 2. The shop laid the cloth by for a customer.

    商店为一个顾客保留着这些布料。

  • 3. Recently they have laid an underground pipeline.

    他们最近铺了一条地下管道。

  • laid (adj.) "put or set down," 17c. adjectival use of past tense and past participle of lay (v.). Laid-up "injured, sick, incapacitated," originally was a nautical term (1769) describing a ship moored in harbor. Laid off "temporarily unemployed" is from 1916 (see layoff). Slang get laid "have sex" (with someone) attested from 1952, American English. Laid-back (adj.) "relaxed" is first attested 1973, perhaps in reference to the posture of highway motorcyclists.
laid / leɪd ; NAmE leɪd / past tense, past participle of lay laid / leɪd ; NAmE leɪd /
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