| 词汇 | waylay |
| 释义 | waylay verb[ T ] uk /ˌweɪˈleɪ/ us /ˌweɪˈleɪ/waylaid | waylaid to wait for and then stop someone, especially either to attack or talk to that person: （尤指为攻击某人或与之谈话而）伏击，拦截 A man on his way to deposit $12,000 in a bank was waylaid by two men who snatched his bag.一名男子去银行存1.2万美元的现金，路遇两名男子拦截，并被抢走了提包。 I meant to leave earlier but I was waylaid on the way out of a meeting by my manager.我想早些离开，但在离开会场的路上被经理拦住了。 Synonym ambush Compare lie in wait lurk Interrupting & preventing from speaking accost barge belt up blurt something out break someone in chime chip chip (something) in horn in interpolation interrupt interruption mike check nobble not get a word in edgewaysidiom obtrude put a sock in it!idiom shut your mouth/faceidiom speak strike Examples of waylaywaylay Evidence of waylaying and robbing of tax collectors by criminals is hard to find. I shall try not to be waylaid too frequently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In those days a lot of people—inspired by private enterprise—used to waylay them and relieve them of their responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to get waylaid, but the debate is about churchwardens so the question is proper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think there is still some waylaying done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, it used to be the case that the majority of customers buying hard fuel retail would waylay, as he said, the coalman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then these villains, once they were waylaid, could be dealt with adequately for those attacks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They get together to cause that man's death; they waylay him, and they do in fact cause it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not allow ourselves to be waylaid into thinking that preservation is the only satisfactory alternative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should step up these patrols so that the police are in a position to waylay those who carry out these savage attacks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall try not to get waylaid on that point, though. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is unhelpful to retreat into a knocking copy analysis that is waylaid by arguments that any taxation is bad taxation, and that less taxation must be good. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To haunt, to startle and waylay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am being waylaid into irrelevancies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is like a gang of thugs who waylay an old age pensioner and say that they are terribly sorry for her, but they must take her purse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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