单词 | lay up |
释义 | lay up 1.save or store for future use储备 *Bees lay up honey for the winter.蜜蜂采蜜以过冬。 *There was no ammunition laid up in the storehouses.仓库里没有贮存军火。 2.keep in bed; cause to stay in bed or keep indoors卧床;呆在家里 *He has been laid up with a broken leg.他腿摔坏后一直卧床。 *A bad attack of flu can lay you up longer than you think.严重流感会使你卧床的时间比想象得长。 *I've been laid up with rheumatism for a week.风湿病使我卧床休息了一个星期。 *You'll lay yourself up if you go on like this. 如果你这样继续下去的话,你就要病倒了。 3.(of a car or a ship) take out of use or active service and keep in a garage or a boat dock(船或小汽车)搁置不使用;放在车棚里或停在码头 *There are some people who use their cars only in the period between March and December,and lay them up during the winter.有些人只在3月至12月期间使用小汽车,在冬天就停止使用了。 *Bill had to lay up his boat when school started.学校开学后,比尔不得不把他的船收藏起来。 *The company have had to lay up several of their fleet, and others are likely to be laid up if trade does not improve.公司不得不让一些船休航在码头,如果生意无起色的话,其它船队也可能停航。 *My car has been laid up for a week for urgent repairs.我的小车要紧急修理,已经停止使用一个星期了。 4.accumulate积蓄 *You'd better have an allround physical examination right away or you're laying up trouble for yourself.你最好立即作一次全面的体格检查,否则你会给自己添麻烦的。 |
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