waylay 英 [weɪ'leɪ]   美 [we'le]

waylay

waylay  英 [weɪ'leɪ] 美 [we'le]

vt. 伏击;埋伏 

进行时:waylaying  过去式:waylaid  过去分词:waylaid  第三人称单数:waylays  名词复数:waylays 

One day his uncle asks Fish to deliver a package to a man at the docks, but pirates waylay him before he can pass it off. 有一天,他的叔叔要求鱼商在码头一包到人,但海盗伏击才可以将它传递了他。
How stupid of me that after the failed surprise on the ride to Scwetzingen, I had been afraid to waylay Hanna and see what she was like as a conductor. 在乘车去往青格的途中,我感到多么愚蠢,我竟一直担心会碰到汉娜,看到她检票的情形。

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  • vt. 伏击;埋伏
  • 1. One day his uncle asks Fish to deliver a package to a man at the docks, but pirates waylay him before he can pass it off.

    有一天,他的叔叔要求鱼商在码头一包到人,但海盗伏击才可以将它传递了他。

  • 2. How stupid of me that after the failed surprise on the ride to Scwetzingen, I had been afraid to waylay Hanna and see what she was like as a conductor.

    在乘车去往青格的途中,我感到多么愚蠢,我竟一直担心会碰到汉娜,看到她检票的情形。

  • 3. He would often waylay me as I was going to class and produce a piece of paper from his pocket, often with a puzzle already on it. The puzzles were usually mathematical or logical.

    他经常在我进教室的路上拦住我,然后从口袋里掏出一张纸条给我,上面通常写着有关数学或逻辑的难题。

  • waylay (v.) "to ambush," 1510s, from way (n.) + lay (v.), on model of Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wegelagen "besetting of ways, lying in wait with evil or hostile intent along public ways." Related: Waylaid; waylaying.
way·lay / weɪˈleɪ ; NAmE weɪˈleɪ / verb ( way·laid , way·laid / weɪˈleɪd ; NAmE weɪˈleɪd / ) waylaysb to stop sb who is going somewhere, especially in order to talk to them or attack them 拦截(尤其是为了谈话或袭击);拦路 I got waylaid on my way here. 我在来这里的路上遭到了拦路抢劫。 waylay waylays waylaid waylaying way·lay / weɪˈleɪ ; NAmE weɪˈleɪ / way·laid / weɪˈleɪd ; NAmE weɪˈleɪd /
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