lie

英 [laɪ]

美 [laɪ]

v.  躺; 平躺; 平卧; 平放; 处于，保留，保持(某种状态)
n.  谎言; 位置
v.  说谎; 撒谎; 编造谎言
n.  谎言; 谎话

过去式：lay　现在分词：lying　第三人称单数：lies　复数：lies　过去分词：lain　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.483 / COCA.751

短语动词

短语用例

lie around

• 到处乱放；乱搁
  to be left somewhere in an untidy or careless way, not put away in the correct place
  1. to lie on your back/side/front
     仰 / 侧 / 俯卧
  2. The cat was lying fast asleep by the fire.
     猫卧在炉火旁睡得很熟。
• 无所事事地混日子；懒散度日；游手好闲
  to spend time doing nothing and being lazy
  1. Clothes were lying all over the floor.
     地板上到处都堆放着衣服。
  2. The book lay open on his desk.
     那本书摊开放在他的书桌上。

lie back

• 悠闲；休息；放松
  to do nothing except relax
  1. The town lies on the coast.
     这个小镇位于海滨。

lie behind sth

• 是…的真实原因（或理由）
  to be the real reason for sth, often hidden
  1. The problem lies in deciding when to intervene.
     问题在于决定何时介入。

lie down

• 躺下，平卧（尤指在床上睡觉或休息）
  to be or get into a flat position, especially in bed, in order to sleep or rest

lie in

• 睡懒觉；起得晚
  to stay in bed after the time you usually get up

lie with sb (to do sth)

• 是…的职责（或责任）
  to be sb's duty or responsibility

习惯用语

v.

lie ahead/in store
• 将来要发生
  to be going to happen to sb in the future
• You are young and your whole life lies ahead of you.
  你年纪轻，今后的日子还长着呢。
lie in state
• （安葬前停放在公共场所）供人瞻仰
  to be placed on view in a public place before being buried
lie in wait (for sb)
• 隐蔽待机以出其不意；伏击；埋伏以待
  to hide, waiting to surprise, attack or catch sb
• 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。
lie low
• 尽量不引起注意；不露面；不露声色
  to try not to attract attention to yourself
take sth lying down
• 甘受屈辱；逆来顺受
  to accept an insult or offensive act without protesting or reacting
you've made your bed and you must lie in/on it
• 自己承担后果
  you must accept the results of your actions
be/lie at the bottom of sth
• 是某事的根源（或起因、导火线）
  to be the original cause of sth, especially sth unpleasant
hang/lie heavyhang/lie heavysee, etc. how the land lies
• 弄清情况；摸清形势
  to find out about a situation
• 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 sleeping dogs lie
• 过去的事就不要再提了；不要没事找事
  to avoid mentioning a subject or sth that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments
lie through your teeth
• 满口谎言；撒弥天大谎；睁着眼说瞎话
  to say sth that is not true at all
• The witness was clearly lying through his teeth.
  那证人分明是在睁着眼睛说瞎话。
lie your way into/out of sth
• 由于撒谎而处于某种境地（或摆脱某种处境）
  to get yourself into or out of a situation by lying

n.

the lie of the land
• 地貌；地势；地形
  the way the land in an area is formed and what physical characteristics it has
• 目前的形势及发展趋势
  the way a situation is now and how it is likely to develop
• Check out the lie of the land before you make a decision.
  要摸清情况后再作决定。
give the lie to sth
• 证实…是虚假的；证明不实；揭穿谎言
  to show that sth is not true
I tell a lie
• （表示刚说的话不真实或不正确）我说错了，我说的不对
  used to say that sth you have just said is not true or correct
• We first met in 1982, no, I tell a lie, it was 1983.
  我们初次见面是在1982年，不，我说错了，是1983年。
live a lie
• 过两面人的生活；过骗人的生活；为人虚伪
  to keep sth important about yourself a secret from other people, so that they do not know what you really think, what you are really like, etc.
a tissue of lies
• 一派谎言
  a story, an excuse, etc. that is full of lies

牛津词典

verb

• 躺；平躺；平卧
  to be or put yourself in a flat or horizontal position so that you are not standing or sitting
  1. to lie on your back/side/front
     仰 / 侧 / 俯卧
  2. The cat was lying fast asleep by the fire.
     猫卧在炉火旁睡得很熟。
• 平放
  to be or remain in a flat position on a surface
  1. Clothes were lying all over the floor.
     地板上到处都堆放着衣服。
  2. The book lay open on his desk.
     那本书摊开放在他的书桌上。
• 处于，保留，保持（某种状态）
  to be, remain or be kept in a particular state
  1. Snow was lying thick on the ground.
     厚厚的积雪覆盖着大地。
  2. 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。
  3. a ship lying at anchor
     锚泊的船
  4. 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。
• 位于；坐落在
  to be located in a particular place
  1. The town lies on the coast.
     这个小镇位于海滨。
• 伸展；铺展；展开
  to be spread out in a particular place
  1. The valley lay below us.
     峡谷展现在我们的脚下。
• 存在；在于
  to exist or be found
  1. The problem lies in deciding when to intervene.
     问题在于决定何时介入。
• （比赛时）名列，排名
  to be in a particular position during a competition
  1. Thompson is lying in fourth place.
     汤姆森名列第四。
  2. After five games the German team are lying second.
     经过五场比赛后，德国队排名第二。

noun

noun

柯林斯词典

POSITION OR SITUATION 位置；情形

• VERB 躺；平卧
  If youare lyingsomewhere, you are in a horizontal position and are not standing or sitting.
  1. There was a child lying on the ground...
     地上躺着一个小孩。
  2. The injured man was lying motionless on his back...
     那名受伤的男子一动不动地仰面躺在那里。
  3. He lay awake watching her for a long time.
     他睁着眼躺在那里看她看了很长时间。
• VERB 被平放
  If an objectliesin a particular place, it is in a flat position in that place.
  1. ...a newspaper lying on a nearby couch...
     放在旁边沙发上的一张报纸
  2. Broken glass lay scattered on the carpet.
     碎玻璃散落在地毯上。
  3. ...a two-page memo lying unread on his desk.
     一份两页的备忘录放在他桌子上，还没看过
• VERB （某处）位于（某个位置或方向）
  If you say that a placeliesin a particular position or direction, you mean that it is situated there.
  1. The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain.
     这些岛屿位于千岛群岛的南端。
• V-LINK 处于…状态
  You can uselieto say that something is or remains in a particular state or condition. For example, if somethinglies forgotten, it has been and remains forgotten.
  1. She turned back to the Bible lying open in her lap...
     她将注意力又转回到摊放在腿上的《圣经》。
  2. The picture lay hidden in the archives for over 40 years...
     这张照片在档案室中藏了40多年。
  3. His country's economy lies in ruins.
     他的国家的经济崩溃了。
• VERB （比赛等中）排名，占名次
  You can uselieto say what position a competitor or team is in during a competition.
  1. I was going well and was lying fourth...
     我当时发挥不错，排在第四。
  2. Blyth Tait is lying in second place.
     布莱思·泰特目前名列第二。
• VERB （问题、解决方法、过错等）存在，在于
  You can talk about where something such as a problem, solution, or faultliesto say what you think it consists of, involves, or is caused by.
  1. The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence...
     问题在于防务方面耗资巨大。
  2. They will only assume that, as a woman, the fault lies with me...
     他们只会假定是我出了错，因为我是女人。
  3. He realised his future lay elsewhere...
     他意识到他的未来不在这里。
  4. We must be clear about where the responsibility lies.
     我们必须清楚责任所在。
• VERB （尤指不快或困难之事）将发生，在等待
  You useliein expressions such aslie ahead,lie in store, andlie in waitwhen you are talking about what someone is going to experience in the future, especially when it is something unpleasant or difficult.
  1. She'd need all her strength and bravery to cope with what lay in store...
     她需要所有的力量与勇气去应付将会出现的问题。
  2. The President's most serious challenges lie ahead.
     对总统来说最为严重的挑战还在后面。
• VERB （尤用于墓碑上的文字中）长眠
  Lieis used in formal English, especially on gravestones, to say that a dead person is buried in a particular place.
  1. The inscription reads: Here lies Catin, the son of Magarus...
     碑文写着：马格勒斯之子卡廷长眠于此。
  2. My father lies in the small cemetery a few miles up this road.
     我父亲葬在沿这条路往北几英里处的一个小公墓里。
• VERB （光、云、雾等）存在，展现
  If you say that light, clouds, or fogliesomewhere, you mean that they exist there or are spread over the area mentioned.
  1. It had been wet overnight, and a morning mist lay on the field.
     前一天晚上下了雨，田野上笼着一层晨雾。
• N-SING 位置；状态
  Thelieof an object or area is its position or the way that it is arranged.
  1. The actual site of a city is determined by the natural lie of the land.
     城市的实际选址取决于这片土地的自然状况。
• tolet sleeping dogs lie→ see:dog

Do not confuse the verbliewith the verblay. Becauselayis used to talk about putting something in a particular place or position, it is related to the verblie. If someonelayssomething somewhere, itliesthere. The past tense oflieislayand the past participle islain. It is an intransitive verb.I lay on the floor with my legs in the air.However,lay, whose past tense and past participle are bothlaid, is usually a transitive verb.They laid him on the floor.
不要混淆lie与lay这两个动词的用法。lay表示将某物放在某处或某个位置，意义上与动词lie有相关之处。某人将某物放（lay）在某处，那该物就放（lie）在那里。lie的过去式是lay，过去分词是lain，为不及物动词，如：I lay on the floor with my legs in the air（我躺在地上，双腿抬起）。而lay的过去式和过去分词均为laid，通常作及物动词，如：They laid him on the floor（他们把他放在地上）。

THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE 不实之事

• See also:'Who else do you work for?' — 'No one.' — 'That's a lie.'...I've had enough of your lies...All the boys told lies about their adventures.white lie
• VERB 说谎；骗人
  If someoneis lying, they are saying something which they know is not true.
  1. I know he's lying...
     我知道他在说谎。
  2. If asked, he lies about his age...
     有人问起时，他就会谎报年龄。
  3. She lied to her husband so she could meet her lover...
     她对丈夫撒了谎，好与情人幽会。
  4. He reportedly called her 'a lying little twit'.
     据说他称她是“满嘴谎话的可恶白痴”。
• VERB （事物）造成假象，不可靠
  If you say that somethinglies, you mean that it does not express or represent something accurately.
  1. The camera can sometimes lie.
     照相机拍出的照片有时也未必可靠。
• See also:lying
• PHRASE 戳穿；揭穿；证明…不实
  If somethinggives the lie toa statement, claim, or theory, it suggests or proves that it is not true.
  1. This survey gives the lie to the idea that Britain is moving towards economic recovery.
     这项调查显示英国经济正在复苏的想法是失实的。
• PHRASE 虚伪地生活；活在谎言之中
  If you say that someoneis living a lie, you mean that in every part of their life they are hiding the truth about themselves from other people.
  1. My mother never told my father the truth about me. We've been living a lie all this time.
     母亲从来没告诉父亲我的真实身世。一直以来我们都活在谎言之中。
• CONVENTION （用于纠正口误）不对，我说错了
  People sometimes say 'I tell a lie' when they have just made a mistake in something that they are saying and immediately correct it.
  1. It is the first scene of the play chronologically. I tell a lie, it's actually strictly speaking the second scene.
     从时间顺序上来看这是整个剧的第一场。不对，严格说来实际上是第二场。

英英释义

noun

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
  Synonym:prevarication
• position or manner in which something is situated

verb

• tell an untruth
  1. Don't lie to your parents
  2. She lied when she told me she was only 29
• be lying, be prostrate
  1. The sick man lay in bed all day
  2. the books are lying on the shelf
• assume a reclining position
  1. lie down on the bed until you feel better
  Synonym:lie down
• originate (in)
  1. The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
  Synonym:dwellconsistlie in
• be located or situated somewhere
• have a place in relation to something else
  1. The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West
  2. The responsibility rests with the Allies
  Synonym:rest
• be and remain in a particular state or condition
  1. lie dormant

双语例句

• She'd need all her strength and bravery to cope with what lay in store
  她需要所有的力量与勇气去应付将会出现的问题。
• I was going well and was lying fourth
  我当时发挥不错，排在第四。
• The inscription reads: Here lies Catin, the son of Magarus
  碑文写着：马格勒斯之子卡廷长眠于此。
• He realised his future lay elsewhere
  他意识到他的未来不在这里。
• My father lies in the small cemetery a few miles up this road.
  我父亲葬在沿这条路往北几英里处的一个小公墓里。
• The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain.
  这些岛屿位于千岛群岛的南端。
• His country's economy lies in ruins.
  他的国家的经济崩溃了。
• If asked, he lies about his age
  有人问起时，他就会谎报年龄。
• I know he's lying
  我知道他在说谎。
• He lay awake watching her for a long time.
  他睁着眼躺在那里看她看了很长时间。