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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

lay on [leɪ ɔn]
  1. 1. vt. [+meal] [ entertainment etc] 提供
    Mrs Kaul had laid on dinner.
    考尔太太设了宴席

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

lay on [leɪ ɔn]
  1. 1. [Business] 抽,征(税等)
lay on [leɪ ɔn]
  1. 1. v. + adv 猛打猛攻
    An exquisite minimalist banquet was laid on for their benefit.
    为了方便他们安排一个精致的极简艺术派的宴会
  2. 2. v. + adv 征收加价
    They decided to lay a tax on foreign wool.
    他们决定外国羊毛制品征税
  3. 3. v. + prep 强调,将……强加于
    Sam also laid emphasis on learning by doing.
    山姆也强调实践学习重要
  4. 4. v. + adv 安装配备提供
  5. 5. v. + adv 组织安排
    His fellow officials laid on a special party night to mark his 31 years on the management committee.
    他的下属官员为他安排一个特别晚会庆祝他在管理委员会工作了31个年头
  6. 6. v. + adv 涂上,刷上
    These include the use of plasticine as a guide to laying paint on canvas or card.
    这是一个如何在油画布或者卡片上涂油漆的指南其中包括塑像黏土的用法
  7. 7. v. + prep 把……放在……上
    I laid all my cards on the table.
    我把卡片放在桌子上。

Collins English-English Dictionary

lay on
  1. 1. vt. [tr, adverb] to provide or supply
    to lay on entertainment
  2. 2. vt. [Brit] to install
    to lay on electricity

Examples

I lay on the bed for what seemed like hours, sweating and totally helpless, trying to will myself to move.
我在床上不知躺了多少个小时,流汗,无助,一动也不能动。
They lay on the ground, the birds hymning in the trees above them.
他们躺在地板上,鸟儿们在他们上方的树上唱着圣歌。
A few bunches of flowers lay on the dead man's chest.
若干束花摆放在那死人的胸前。
The opened package lay on the table.
打开的包裹放在桌子上。
half-drowned crewmen lay on the planks
to lay on electricity

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