lay out解释

• 摊开,展开,安排,布置,设计,花(钱、精力等)

1.（整齐地）铺开，展开，摊开
If youlay out a group of things, you spread them out and arrange them neatly, for example so that they can all be seen clearly.

e.g. Grace laidout the knives and forks at the lunch-table...
格雷丝把刀叉摆放在午餐桌上。
e.g. She took a deck of cards and began tolay themout.
她拿了一副扑克，开始摆牌。

2.阐述；讲解；说明
Tolay out ideas, principles, or plans means to explain or present them clearly, for example in a document or a meeting.

e.g. Maxwell listened closely as Johnson laidout his plan...
马克斯韦尔仔细听着约翰逊讲解其计划。
e.g. Cuomo laid itout in simple language.
科莫用简单的语言作了解释。

3.规划，布置，设计（场地或建筑）
Tolay out an area of land or a building means to plan and design how its different parts should be arranged.

e.g. When we laidout the car parks, we reckoned on one car per four families...
规划停车场时，我们预计的是每4个家庭有一辆车。
e.g. Only people that use a kitchen all the time understand the best way tolay itout.
只有经常使用厨房的人才会懂得如何设计好厨房。

4.为（死者）做殡葬准备（或化妆）
Tolay out a dead person means to clean their body and dress them for people to see before the funeral.

e.g. Friends laidout the body.
朋友们为他入殓。

5.花（大钱）
If youlay out money on something, you spend a large amount of money on it.

e.g. You won't have tolayout a fortune for this dining table.
你不必为这张餐桌花一大笔钱。

6.把（某人）击倒在地
Tolay someoneout means to knock them to the ground, especially by hitting them hard.

lay out

e.g. Andy turned round, marched over to Chris and just laid himout.
安迪转过身，大步走向克里斯，一拳把他击倒在地。

7. see also: layout

• lay out设计
• lay someone out in lavender责骂某人