放下;停止使用
lay sth down
放下;停止使用
to put sth down or stop using it
She laid the book down on the table.她把書放在桌上。
lay sth down正式
中斷(工作);辭(職);放棄
to stop doing a job, etc.
to lay down your duties停止履行職責
lay sth down
規定,制定(條例或原則)
if you lay down a rule or a principle, you state officially that people must obey it or use it
You can't lay down hard and fast rules.規則不能定得太死。
lay sth down
積存
to produce sth that is stored and gradually increases
If you eat too much, the surplus is laid down as fat.要是吃得太多,過剩的營養就會積聚成為脂肪。
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版