| 词组 | lay up |
| 释义 | lay up 1. be laid up informal to have to stay in bed because you are ill or injured: ▪ Both his legs were broken and he was laid up for nine months. + with ▪ Chas isn't coming in to work today - he's laid up in bed with flu. 2. be laid up if a boat, car, or piece of equipment is laid up, it is stored somewhere while it is not being used: ▪ All the fishing boats were laid up for the winter. ▪ The limousine had been laid up during the war and last ran in 1962. 3. lay up to hide or stay somewhere without doing anything for a period of time: ▪ Captain Warr's men laid up all the following day, expecting to be attacked at any moment. ▪ The otters find shelter in the undergrowth by the river and lay up there during the day. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hide out, ↑hole up 4. lay up problems/trouble (for yourself) to do something that will cause problems for yourself in the future: ▪ I really think that anyone who goes out with a married man is just laying up trouble for themselves. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑store up 5. lay up sth • lay sth up to collect and store a supply of something so that you can use it in the future: ▪ The villagers were already laying up firewood for the winter. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑store up, ↑stock up, ↑get in |
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