Waylay
[weɪ'leɪ] or [we'le]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
科林整理
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Lie in wait for (with evil intent), lie in ambush for.
校對:弗恩
例句/造句/用法:
- It had been the calling of his life to slink and skulk and dog and waylay, and he knew his calling well. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- What accidents and subtle suggestions may not waylay them and cheat them? 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She knows that the King is capable of having her waylaid and searched. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Could they have been waylaid and robbed? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The cross marks the spot where a celebrated troubadour was waylaid and murdered in the fourteenth century. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Twice she has been waylaid. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- My beloved reader has no doubt in the course of his experience been waylaid by many such a luckless companion. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He waylays the smaller boys to punch their unprotected heads, and calls challenges after me in the open streets. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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