lie用作动词,表示躺下、位于、平方、存在等含义;用作名词表示谎言;过去式形式是lay/lied,过去分词是lain/lied,现在分词是lying。
例句:The boat lay under several feet of water. 那条船沉在水下好几英尺处。
例句:
The book lay open on the table.
书摊开在桌子上。
I think you'd better lay off fatty foods for a while.
我认为你最好暂时别吃高脂食物。
I'm ashamed to say that I lied to her.
我真不好意思说我向她撒了谎。
To save his own skin, he lied and blamed the accident on his friend.
为了自保,他竟然说谎,把事故的责任推到朋友身上。
The minister's resignation was an admission that she had lied.
这位部长辞职等于承认她自己撒过谎。
There were papers lying around all over the place.
文件散落得到处都是。