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lain 音標拼音: [l'en] vbl. lie的過去分詞 lie的過去分詞 Lain \ Lain\, p. p. of { Lie}, v. i. [ 1913 Webster]
Lie \ Lie\, v. i. [ imp. { Lay} ( l[= a]); p. p. { Lain} ( l[= a] n), ({ Lien} ( l[ imac]"[ e^] n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. { Lying}.] [ OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan, Russ. lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr. le` chos bed, le` xasqai to lie. Cf. { Lair}, { Law}, { Lay}, v. t., { Litter}, { Low}, adj.] 1. To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one' s self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin. [ 1913 Webster] The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one' s displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in. [ 1913 Webster] Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances. -- Collier. [ 1913 Webster] He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To lodge; to sleep. [ 1913 Webster] Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . . where I lay one night only. -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster] Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest. [ 1913 Webster] The wind is loud and will not lie. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained. " An appeal lies in this case." -- Parsons. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay and lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its preterit laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I laid it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay down. Some persons blunder by using laid for the preterit of lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit of lay, and not of lie. [ 1913 Webster] { To lie along the shore} ( Naut.), to coast, keeping land in sight. { To lie at the door of}, to be imputable to; as, the sin, blame, etc., lies at your door. { To lie at the heart}, to be an object of affection, desire, or anxiety. -- Sir W. Temple. { To lie at the mercy of}, to be in the power of. { To lie by}. ( a) To remain with; to be at hand; as, he has the manuscript lying by him. ( b) To rest; to intermit labor; as, we lay by during the heat of the day. { To lie hard} or { To lie heavy}, to press or weigh; to bear hard. { To lie in}, to be in childbed; to bring forth young. { To lie in one}, to be in the power of; to belong to. " As much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." -- Rom. xii. 18. { To lie in the way}, to be an obstacle or impediment. { To lie in wait}, to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush. { To lie on} or { To lie upon}. ( a) To depend on; as, his life lies on the result. ( b) To bear, rest, press, or weigh on. { To lie low}, to remain in concealment or inactive. [ Slang] { To lie on hand}, { To lie on one' s hands}, to remain unsold or unused; as, the goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much time lying on their hands. { To lie on the head of}, to be imputed to. [ 1913 Webster] What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it lie on my head. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { To lie over}. ( a) To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due, as a note in bank. ( b) To be deferred to some future occasion, as a resolution in a public deliberative body. { To lie to} ( Naut.), to stop or delay; especially, to head as near the wind as possible as being the position of greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. { To bring to}, under { Bring}. { To lie under}, to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed by. { To lie with}. ( a) To lodge or sleep with. ( b) To have sexual intercourse with. ( c) To belong to; as, it lies with you to make amends. [ 1913 Webster]
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