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单词 waylay
释义
waylay
verb[T]
uk
/ˌweɪˈleɪ/us
/ˌweɪˈleɪ/
waylaid|waylaid
towaitfor and thenstopsomeone,especiallyeither toattackortalkto thatperson:
（尤指为攻击某人或与之谈话而）伏击，拦截
A man on his way todeposit$12,000 in abankwas waylaid by two men whosnatchedhisbag.一名男子去银行存1.2万美元的现金，路遇两名男子拦截，并被抢走了提包。
Imeanttoleaveearlierbut I was waylaid on the way out of ameetingby mymanager.我想早些离开，但在离开会场的路上被经理拦住了。
Synonym
ambush
Compare
lie inwait
lurk
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Interrupting & preventing from speaking
  • accost
  • barge
  • belt up
  • blurtsomethingout
  • break
  • breaksomeonein
  • butt in
  • chime
  • cut the crap!idiom
  • horn in
  • interpolation
  • interrupt
  • interruption
  • mike check
  • nobble
  • not get a word in edgewaysidiom
  • obtrude
  • sock
  • speak
  • strike
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(Definition ofwaylayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwaylay

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Evidence of waylaying and robbing of tax collectors by criminals is hard to find.
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I shall try not to be waylaid too frequently.
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In those days a lot of people—inspired by private enterprise—used towaylaythem and relieve them of their responsibility.
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I do not want to get waylaid, but the debate is about churchwardens so the question is proper.
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I think there is still some waylaying done.
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Of course, it used to be the case that the majority of customers buying hard fuel retail wouldwaylay, as he said, the coalman.
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Then these villains, once they were waylaid, could be dealt with adequately for those attacks.
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They get together to cause that man's death; theywaylayhim, and they do in fact cause it.
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We must not allow ourselves to be waylaid into thinking that preservation is the only satisfactory alternative.
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We should step up these patrols so that the police are in a position towaylaythose who carry out these savage attacks.
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I shall try not to get waylaid on that point, though.
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It is unhelpful to retreat into a knocking copy analysis that is waylaid by arguments that any taxation is bad taxation, and that less taxation must be good.
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To haunt, to startle andwaylay.
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I am being waylaid into irrelevancies.
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It is like a gang of thugs whowaylayan old age pensioner and say that they are terribly sorry for her, but they must take her purse.
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