英语入门学26个字直播（每天学点小知识）

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每天学点小知识 | 第4期来自A优英语

1. 核心含义是（人或动物）躺、平躺、平卧；（物品）平放；

The cat was lying fast asleep（熟睡的、很快入睡） by the fire.

猫在火炉边熟睡

Snow was lying thick on the ground.

厚厚的积雪覆盖着大地。

2. 引申义： 处于、保留、保持（某种状态）；位于、坐落；伸展、铺展、展开；（思想、问题、特征等）存在、在于

I’d rather use my money than leave it lying in the bank.

我宁愿把钱花掉也不愿意放在银行。

The town lies on the coast

小镇位于海滨。

The valley lay blew us.

峡谷在我们脚下铺开。

3.相关短语

✿Lie ahead=in store将要发生

You are young and your whole life lies ahead of you.

你还年轻，人生的路还很长。

✿Lie in wait(for sb）隐蔽待机出其不意、伏击、埋伏以待

He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him.

他被暗中等待他的记者包围了。

✿Lie around =lie about (物品)到处乱放；（人）游手好闲

Don’t leave toys lying around,someone might trip over（被...绊倒） them.

不要把玩具乱放，会绊倒人的。

✿Lie back 休闲、休息、放松

You don’t have to do anything,just lay back and enjoy the ride.

你什么也不用做，只需要好好放松，尽情享受骑行。

✿Lie in(BrE)=sleep in睡懒觉、起得晚

It's a holiday tomorrow,so you can lie in.

明天是假日，你可以睡个懒觉。

✿The lie of the land :地貌、地形、目前的情势及发展

Check out the lie of the land before you make a decision.

摸清楚了情况再做决定。

4. 说谎、撒谎、谎话

You could see from his face that he was lying.

从他脸上就可以看出来他撒谎。

✿Lie through your teeth.睁着眼睛说瞎话

The witness was clearly lying through his teeth.

见证者明显在睁着眼睛说瞎话。

✿A pack of lies 一派胡言

The whole story is nothing but a pack of lies .

整个陈述就是一派胡言

✿I tell a lie 我说错了

We first met in 2015,no ，I tell a lie,it was 2016.

我们第一次见面是在2015年，哦不，我说错了，是2016年。

5. 形变（第三人称单数-现在分词-过去式-过去分词)

以躺为中心含义时，lie：lies-lying-lay-lain

以说谎为中心含义时，lie:lies-lying-lied-lied

注意：lie当"躺“来讲的时候，过去式是lay，要注意和单词lay,放下、展开区分，lie是不及物动词，后面不需要带宾语，但lay是及物动词，必须带宾语。

lay的变形：lay-lays-laying-laid-laid

She laid the baby down gently on the bed.

她把孩子轻轻的放在床上。

She was lying on the beach.

她躺在沙滩上。

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