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Lay Put Member Leɪ V 放置 Gentleman Laid

Front lay
Pron [leɪ]
Back 【lay】
v. 放置
The gentleman laid his hand on his son's shoulder.
那绅士将手放在他儿子的肩上。
Vocab
layput into a certain place or abstract location

To lay is to set something down or put it in a horizontal position. It can also mean to position or prepare something for action, or, simply, to lay eggs.

The word lay can mean a lot of different things, but one of its most common uses is as the adjective component of layperson, which refers to someone who's not a member of the clergy, or who's not a member of a particular profession and so cannot always understand that profession's technical jargon. This is why we sometimes request things to be communicated in "lay language," meaning simple, everyday terms that a layperson can understand.

All forms of 'lay' will appear on average once every 21 pages.
laity
lay
layer
laying
mislay
overlay
underlay
interlayer
layered
overlayer
underlayment

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