waylaid
英 [weɪˈleɪd]
美 [weɪˈleɪd]
v. 拦截(尤其是为了谈话或袭击); 拦路
waylay的过去分词和过去式
柯林斯词典
- VERB 拦截;伏击
If someonewaylaysyou, they stop you when you are going somewhere, for example in order to talk to you, to steal something from you, or to attack you.- She was forever waylaying him in odd holes and corners of the hotel...
她总是在酒店的犄角旮旯里截住他。 - The trucks are being waylaid by bandits...
卡车被强盗拦了下来。 - I'm sorry, Nick, I got waylaid.
抱歉,尼克,我被人耽搁了。
- She was forever waylaying him in odd holes and corners of the hotel...
双语例句
- We got waylaid by a couple of the protesters.
我们被几个抗议者拦住了去路。 - Hundreds ( including Vogue's Anna Wintour) were waylaid by London's high winds, their planes redirected to Dublin and Newcastle.
还有几百人(包括《Vogue》杂志的安娜・温图尔(AnnaWintour))被伦敦的大风耽搁了行程,他们的飞机改道都柏林和纽卡斯尔(Newcastle)。 - This was not the first attempt of these daring Indians, for more than once they had waylaid trains on the road.
这些亡命的印第安人拦劫火车已经不是头一回了,在这以前,他们也干过好几次。 - It is well known, for example, that Newton solved many of his toughest problems when his attention was waylaid by private musings.
例如,众所周知,牛顿在其注意力被个人深思打断时解决了许多棘手的难题。 - The trucks are being waylaid by bandits
卡车被强盗拦了下来。 - As Pakistan is apparently increasing its arsenal as fast as it can and investing in smaller and more easily waylaid weapons, the risks are mounting.
很明显,巴基斯坦现在尽它可能地增加它的核武器库,并且在更小规模和更容易伏击的武器上面大量投资。这样的话,风险就会越来越大了。 - Knowing at what time his wife did her shopping, one day, unable any longer to bear not seeing her, he waylaid her in the street.
他知道他的妻子每天什么时候出去买东西,有一天,迫不及待地想见到她,便在街上把她拦住。 - He was waylaid by thieves.
他在路上被抢了。 - I'm sorry, Nick, I got waylaid.
抱歉,尼克,我被人耽搁了。 - He was waylaid by a band of guerrillas.
他遭到游击队的狙击。