Слово англійською: lie
Дієслово
Переклад lie українською: лежа́ти (в лі́жку), лежа́ти де (знахо́дитися), лежа́ти (суть пробле́ми і т. д.), поляга́ти в чо́му
Детальний опис
- [intransitive] (of a person or an animal) to be or put yourself in a flat position so that you are not standing or sitting
- lie + adv./prep. to lie on your back/side/front
- She lay in bed listening to music.
- Lie there for a bit until you feel better.
- lie + adj. I lay awake all night worrying about it.
- The cat was lying fast asleep by the fire.
Which Word? lay / lielay / lie- Lay has an object and lie does not
- As soon as he laid his head on the pillow, he fell asleep.
- Why don't you lie on the bed?
- Why don’t you lay on the bed?
- In the past tenses laid (from lay) is often wrongly used for lay or lain (from lie)
- She had lain there all night.
- She had laid there all night.
- Some people use lay as a noun instead of lie, but this is not considered correct
- If you're tired, go and have a lie down.
- Go and have a lay down.
- [intransitive] (of a thing) to be or remain in a flat position on a surface
- lie + adv./prep. Clothes were lying all over the floor.
- She picked up a pen that was lying nearby.
- lie + adj. The book lay open on the desk.
- Make sure the fabric lies flat.
- [intransitive] to be, remain or be kept in a particular state
- lie + adj. Houses lie empty while people are homeless.
- These machines have lain idle since the factory closed.
- Snow was lying thick on the ground.
- lie + adv./prep. Much of the city now lay in ruins.
- a ship lying at anchor
- I'd rather use my money than leave it lying in the bank.
- [intransitive] (of ideas, qualities, problems, etc.) to exist or be found
- lie in something The problem lies in deciding when to intervene.
- Our strength lies in our loyal customer base.
- lie with somebody The fault lies with you.
- lie + adv./prep. The answer seems to lie elsewhere.
- We need to consider carefully where our best interests lie.
- Different people see quite different things in this film, and therein lies its genius.
- [intransitive] lie + adv./prep. (of a town, natural feature, etc.) to be located in a particular place
- The town lies on the coast.
- An island lies in the middle of the lagoon.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to be spread out in a particular place
- [intransitive] (British English) to be in a particular position during a competition
- + adv./prep. Thompson is lying in fourth place.
- + adj. After five games the German team are lying second.
compare layWord OriginOld English licgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liggen and German liegen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek lektron, lekhos and Latin lectus ‘bed’.
Idioms be/lie at the bottom of something
- to be the original cause of something, especially something unpleasant
- We need to find out what lies at the bottom of these fears.
- I'd love to know what lies at the bottom of all this.
- hang/lie heavy (on/in something) (of a feeling or something in the air) to be very easy to notice in a particular place in a way that is unpleasant
- Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water.
- Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air.
- hang/lie heavy on somebody/something to cause somebody/something to feel uncomfortable or anxious
- The crime lay heavy on her conscience.
- (saying) to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments
- to be going to happen to somebody in the future
- You are young and your whole life lies ahead of you.
- She didn’t know what lay in store.
- We must be prepared for whatever lies ahead.
- None of us knows what lies in store for us.
- A tremendous amount of work lay ahead of us.
- (in China) if a person lies flat, they reject the competitive work culture in society and adopt a more relaxed attitude to life, trying to do and spend as little as possible
- Many Chinese youth are ‘lying flat’ to express their frustration with the lack of upward social mobility.
In Chinese this concept is known as tangping.
- (of the dead body of an important person) to be placed on view in a public place before being buried related noun lying-in-state
lie in wait (for somebody)
- to hide, waiting to surprise, attack or catch somebody
- He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him.
- (informal) to try not to attract attention to yourself
see, etc. how the land lies
- (British English) to find out about a situation
- Let's wait and see how the land lies before we do anything.
take something lying down
- to accept an offensive remark or act without protesting or reacting
you’ve made your bed and you must lie in/on it
- (saying) you must accept the results of your actions
Phrasal Verbs- lie around
- lie back
- lie behind
- lie down
- lie in
- lie with