lie1
verb /laɪ/
/laɪ/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they lie | /laɪ/ /laɪ/ |
| he / she / it lies | /laɪz/ /laɪz/ |
| past simple lay | /leɪ/ /leɪ/ |
| past participle lain | /leɪn/ /leɪn/ |
| -ing form lying | /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (of a person or an animal
人或动物 躺；平躺；平卧 - lie + adv./prep. to lie on your back/side/front
仰卧；侧卧；俯卧 - She lay in bed listening to music.
她躺在床上听音乐。 - Lie there for a bit until you feel better.
在那里躺一会儿，直到你感觉好些。 - lie + adj. I lay awake all night worrying about it.
我担心这件事，彻夜未眠。 - The cat was lying fast asleep by the fire.
猫卧在炉火旁睡得很熟。
Which Word? lay / lielay / lie- lay has an object and lie does not
- She was lying on the beach.
她躺在沙滩上。 - She was laying on the beach.
- Why don't you lie on the bed?
你为什么不到床上躺着？ - Why don’t you lay on the bed?
- She was lying on the beach.
- In the past tenses laid (from lay) is often wrongly used for lay or lain (from lie)
- She had lain there all night.
她在那儿躺了一整晚。 - She had laid there all night.
- She had lain there all night.
- Some people use lay as a noun instead of lie, but this is not considered correct
- If you're tired, go and have a lie down.
如果你累了，去躺一会儿。 - Go and have a lay down.
- If you're tired, go and have a lie down.
- She likes to lie in bed all day.
她喜欢成天躺在床上。 - He was lying next to his wife in bed.
他躺在他妻子旁边的床上。 - I lay on the sofa reading my book.
我躺在沙发上看书。 - I lay on the grass and fell asleep.
我躺在草地上睡着了。 - She wouldn't enjoy a holiday just lying on the beach.
她不会喜欢躺在沙滩上度假。 - A man lay dead in the middle of the road.
一个男人躺在路中间，已没有气息。 - They found him lying in a pool of blood.
他们发现他躺在血泊中。 - They found him lying unconscious at the foot of the stairs.
他们发现他昏迷不醒地躺在楼梯脚下。 - He fell on the floor and just lay there not moving.
他倒在地板上，一动不动地躺在那里。 - Her body lay motionless on the bed.
她的身体一动不动地躺在床上。 - Lying there listening to music, I felt at peace.
躺在那里听音乐，我感到很平静。 - He just lay there smiling.
他只是躺在那里微笑。 - They stole her belongings while she lay helpless on the bed.
当她无助地躺在床上时，他们偷了她的东西。 - A sleeping dog lies at his feet.
一只睡着的狗躺在他的脚边。 - He was lying face down in the mud.
他脸朝下趴在烂泥中。 - I was lying flat on the floor.
我平躺在地板上。 - Lie face up with your feet on the floor.
仰面躺下，脚落在地板上。 - Lie still and try to sleep.
躺着别动，试着睡觉。 - Lie still while I put the bandage on.
我包扎绷带时，你要老老实实地躺着。 - They lay quietly for a while.
他们静静地躺了一会儿。 - She lay on her stomach.
她俯卧着。 - She lay sprawled on the sofa.
她四仰八叉地躺在沙发上。 - He was lying naked on the bed.
他一丝不挂地躺在床上。 - She lay on her back and looked up at the sky.
她躺下来仰望着天空。 - The painting depicts a male figure lying prone.
这幅画描绘了一个俯卧的男性形象。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- down
- there
- comfortably
- …
- on
- in
- lie asleep
- lie awake
- lie dead
- …
- lie + adv./prep. to lie on your back/side/front
- [intransitive] (of a thing
物品 平放 - lie + adv./prep. Clothes were lying all over the floor.
地板上到处都堆放着衣服。 - She picked up a pen that was lying nearby.
她拿起放在附近的一支钢笔。 - lie + adj. The book lay open on the desk.
书翻开着放在桌子上。 - Make sure the fabric lies flat.
确保织物平整。
- He just leaves his wet towel lying on the carpet.
他只是把湿毛巾放在地毯上。 - Broken glass lay scattered all over the floor.
碎玻璃散落一地。 - An empty pill bottle lay on the bedside table.
床头柜上放着一个空药瓶。 - He found a piece of quartz lying on the sand.
他发现沙滩上有一块石英。 - She left the letter lying unread on her desk for a week.
她把那封信放在桌子上一个星期没读。 - He tried to pick up the gun that was lying close by.
他试图捡起放在附近的枪。 - A stack of waffles lay next to a pile of blueberry pancakes.
一堆华夫饼放在一堆蓝莓煎饼旁边。 - The books lay gathering dust on the shelf.
书在书架上积满了灰尘。 - Bodies and rubble lay everywhere.
到处都是尸体和瓦砾。 - The cables, pipes and wires that serve New York lie as deep as 800 feet underground.
为纽约服务的电缆、管道和电线位于800英尺深的地下。 - The ship now lies at the bottom of the sea.
这艘船现在位于海底。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- down
- there
- comfortably
- …
- on
- in
- lie asleep
- lie awake
- lie dead
- …
- lie + adv./prep. Clothes were lying all over the floor.
- [intransitive] to be, remain or be kept in a particular state
处于，保留，保持（某种状态） - lie + adj. Houses lie empty while people are homeless.
人们无家可归时，房子空着。 - These machines have lain idle since the factory closed.
工厂关闭以来，这些机器就一直闲置着。 - Snow was lying thick on the ground.
厚厚的积雪覆盖着大地。 - lie + adv./prep. Much of the city now lay in ruins.
这座城市的大部分现在都成了废墟。 - a ship lying at anchor
锚泊的船 - I'd rather use my money than leave it lying in the bank.
我宁愿把钱花掉也不愿搁在银行里不用。
- The seeds lie dormant in the soil throughout the winter.
种子整个冬天都潜伏在土壤中。 - Passengers were standing up while first class seats lay empty.
头等舱座位空着时，乘客们都站了起来。 - Too many apartments are lying vacant.
太多公寓空置着。 - The field is left to lie fallow.
这块地闲置着。 - A tremendous amount of work lay ahead of us.
大量的工作摆在我们面前。 - None of us knows what lies in front of us.
我们谁也不知道面前是什么。 - These Roman ruins have lain undiscovered for two thousand years.
这些罗马遗迹已经有两千年没有被发现了。 - This precious film lay untouched in an attic.
这部珍贵的电影原封不动地放在阁楼上。 - Our plans lay in ruins.
我们的计划毁于一旦。 - Their dreams lay in tatters.
他们的梦想破灭了。
- lie + adj. Houses lie empty while people are homeless.
- [intransitive] (of ideas, qualities, problems, etc.
思想、特征、问题等 存在；在于 - lie in something The problem lies in deciding when to intervene.
问题在于决定何时介入。 - Our strength lies in our loyal customer base.
我们的优势在于我们忠诚的客户群。 - lie with somebody The fault lies with you.
错在你。 - lie + adv./prep. The answer seems to lie elsewhere.
答案似乎在别处。 - We need to consider carefully where our best interests lie.
我们需要仔细考虑我们的最大利益在哪里。 - Different people see quite different things in this film, and therein lies its genius.
不同的人在这部电影中看到了完全不同的东西，这就是它的天才之处。
- My main interest lies in his early work.
我的主要兴趣在于他的早期作品。 - The big difference between them lies in their attitudes.
他们之间的最大区别在于他们的态度。 - Her strength lies in her ability to understand her opponent's thinking.
她的力量在于她理解对手思维的能力。 - The challenge lies in the fact that most people do not like to plan so far ahead.
挑战在于大多数人不喜欢提前做好计划。 - The appeal of his paintings lies in their simplicity and boldness.
他的画的吸引力在于它们的简单和大胆。 - The answer lies in your hands.
答案就在你手里。 - Where does the answer lie?
答案在哪里？ - Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in between.
也许真相就在这两者之间。 - The really important things lie outside of our narrow concerns.
真正重要的事情不在我们狭隘的关注范围之内。 - This is an issue that lies very close to my heart.
这是一个非常贴近我内心的问题。 - The responsibility lies with your employer to ensure this review is followed up.
你的雇主有责任确保这一审查得到跟进。 - All the power lies with him in this situation.
在这种情况下，所有的权力都在他身上。 - Our sympathies lie with the main character.
我们同情主角。 - The blame lies squarely with the company.
责任完全在于公司。 - Thousands of units would be needed, and therein lies the challenge.
需要数千个单位，这就是挑战所在。 - Cloning endangered species may seem a wonderful idea, but where would scientists stop? Herein lies the danger.
克隆濒危物种似乎是一个很好的主意，但是科学家们会止步于此吗？危险就在这里。 - We can guess what lies at the root of her problems: money.
我们可以猜到她问题的根源是什么:钱。 - Joy and love lie at the heart of all his films.
快乐和爱是他所有电影的核心。 - At the heart of this story there lies a puzzle.
这个故事的核心是一个谜。 - Between the two of them there lay an unspoken tension.
他们两人之间有一种说不出的紧张关系。
- lie in something The problem lies in deciding when to intervene.
- [intransitive] lie + adv./prep. (of a town, natural feature, etc.
城镇、自然特征等 位于；坐落在 - The town lies on the coast.
这个小镇位于海滨。 - An island lies in the middle of the lagoon.
泻湖中间有一个岛屿。
- The building dates from around 1700 and lies close to the centre of Vienna.
这座建筑建于1700年左右，靠近维也纳市中心。 - The village lies in the foothills of the Dolomites.
这个村庄位于多洛米特人的丘陵地带。 - The site lies next to the old library building.
该网站位于旧图书馆大楼旁边。 - There's a field lying next to the barn.
谷仓旁边有一块田。 - We walked to a stream that lay nearby.
我们走到附近的一条小溪边。 - The palace lies just outside the city walls.
这座宫殿就在城墙外面。 - The airport lies 50 miles east of the city.
机场位于该市以东50英里处。 - These nations lie close to the sea lanes between Europe and China and Japan.
这些国家靠近欧洲、中国和日本之间的海上航道。
- The town lies on the coast.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to be spread out in a particular place
伸展；铺展；展开 - The valley lay below us.
峡谷展现在我们的脚下。
- The valley lay below us.
- [intransitive] (British English) to be in a particular position during a competition
（比赛时）名列，排名 - + adv./prep. Thompson is lying in fourth place.
汤姆森名列第四。 - + adj. After five games the German team are lying second.
经过五场比赛后，德国队排名第二。
compare lay - + adv./prep. Thompson is lying in fourth place.
词源Old English licgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liggen and German liegen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek lektron, lekhos and Latin lectus ‘bed’.
Idioms
be/lie at the bottom of something
- to be the original cause of something, especially something unpleasant
是某事的根源（或起因、导火线） - We need to find out what lies at the bottom of these fears.
我们需要找出这些恐惧的根源。 - I'd love to know what lies at the bottom of all this.
我想知道这一切究竟是怎么一回事。
- We need to find out what lies at the bottom of these fears.
hang/lie heavy
- hang/lie heavy (on/in something) (of a feeling or something in the air
感情或空气中的东西 明显地悬浮于；明显积郁着 - Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water.
水面对岸悬浮着黑沉沉的烟雾。 - Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air.
绝望的感觉积压在憋闷的空气中。
- Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water.
- hang/lie heavy on somebody/something to cause somebody/something to feel uncomfortable or anxious
使不安；使担忧 - The crime lay heavy on her conscience.
那件罪行使她内疚不安。
- The crime lay heavy on her conscience.
let sleeping dogs lie
- (saying) to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments
过去的事就不要再提了；不要没事找事
lie ahead/in store
- to be going to happen to somebody in the future
将来要发生 - You are young and your whole life lies ahead of you.
你年纪轻，今后的日子还长着呢。 - She didn’t know what lay in store.
她不知道会发生什么。 - We must be prepared for whatever lies ahead.
我们必须为未来做好准备。 - None of us knows what lies in store for us.
我们谁也不知道未来会发生什么。
- You are young and your whole life lies ahead of you.
lie in state
- (of the dead body of an important person
重要人物的遗体 （安葬前停放在公共场所）供人瞻仰
lie in wait (for somebody)
- to hide, waiting to surprise, attack or catch somebody
隐蔽待机以出其不意；伏击；埋伏以待 - He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him.
他被暗中守候他的记者团团围住。
- He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him.
lie low
- (informal) to try not to attract attention to yourself
尽量不引起注意；不露面；不露声色
see, etc. how the land lies
- (British English) to find out about a situation
弄清情况；摸清形势 - Let's wait and see how the land lies before we do anything.
咱们等弄清情况以后再行动吧。
- Let's wait and see how the land lies before we do anything.
take something lying down
- to accept an offensive remark or act without protesting or reacting
甘受屈辱；逆来顺受
you’ve made your bed and you must lie in/on it
- (saying) you must accept the results of your actions
自己承担后果