the bank. & 9 B fCH VL W B #1
£ S * ffl .
4
[V +adv./prep.} (of a town,
natural feature, etc. MIS.
§ to be
located in a particular place
The town lies on the coast.
5
[V +adv./prep.] to be spread out in
a particular place # M ; MM; M ff: The valley lay below us. &
£ JH
(H I T o 6 [V] ~ (in sth) (of ideas,
qualities, problems, etc. SIS#) to
exist or be found
fpfi;
f-7: The problem lies in deciding when to inter- vene. |n] Arj 7 (BrE) to be in
a
particular position during a competition ( tfc H ) & f\, j# £ : [V +adv./prep.}
Thompson is lying in fourth place. |»J^
S 0 o [V-ADj] After five games the
German team are lying second. , H g BA.
j# £ 5^ • £ —compare lay ITtTOl lie a head/in 'store
to
be going to happen to sb in the future You are young and your
whole life lies ahead of you. # Wdfe, 0 9L lie in 'state (of the dead
body of an important person S 3c A $) 1$ lit f£) to be
placed on view in a public place before being buried ( ) ffcAHW lie in 'wait (for
sb)
to hide, waiting to surprise, attack or catch sb
He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in
wait for him. M Bh 71 lie 'low (informal) to try not to
attract attention to yourself 7 3S ffi;
take
sth lying 'down to accept an insult or offensive act without
protesting or reacting
—more
at bed n., bottom n., heavy adv., land /?., sleep v. IJiisPi lie a'round (BrE also lie a' bout) 1 to be left
somewhere in an untidy or careless way, not put away in the correct place £ij
jd: ; $1
$f|:
Don’t leave toys lying around—someone might trip over them. &&&&&&&&—&%&&&&,
2 (of a person A) to spend time doing nothing and being
lazyA^fmmmmtt-, mm&a-, related
noun layabout , lie back to do nothing except
relax j&S;
fA§>; You don’t have to do
anything—just
lie back and enjoy the ride. ## M
®o .lie be hind sth to be the real reason
for sth, often hidden At •• •
(
J&S1& ) : What lay behind this strange outburst? & RatifyBWA?
.lie
'down to
be or get into a flat position, especially in bed, in order to sleep or rest $
K, lff-0' ( i Go
and lie down for a while. o He lay down
on the sofa and soon fell asleep, ftk ± H T, tS
^ tifTo —related noun lie-down
,lie
'in (BrE) (also .sleep 'in NAmE, BrE) (informaf)
to stay in bed after the time you usually get up : It’s a holiday
tomorrow, so you can lie in. $ A Sfe \R,
%HF & B§ Ml ^ 7 o —related noun lie-in
lie
with sb (to do sth) (formal) to be sb’s duty or
responsibility A! • • • $ IRlf ( MU ) : It lies with you to
accept or reject the proposals.
■
noun IR71 the .lie of the
land (BrE)
(NAmE the
.lay of
the
'land) 1
the way the land in an area is formed and what physical characteristics it
has M&Mf
2 the way a situation is now and how it is likely to
develop g ijtj ^ A (k M M ^: Check out the lie of
the land before you make a decision. J? 'I# #2, fs
#-f¥ 'dtfizLo
lie2 /lai/ verb,
noun — see also lie1
■
verb (lies, lying, lied,
lied) [V]
~ (to sb) (about sth) to say or write sth that you know is not true ijj.il;
Mil; %k if ii W: You could see from his face that he was lying.
O
Don’t lie to me!
#1M
$ #it! o She lies about her age. j® il ft g B ^ 1$0 o The
camera cannot lie (= give a false impression). M ^ #1T' ^ fMfs o —
see also liar IT»TO1 lie through your
teeth (informal)
to say sth that is not true at all iU PilW; The witness was
clearly lying through his teeth. lilt
lie
your way into/out of sth to get yourself into or out of a situation
by lying
fcufe (mmmnwx r
m noun a statement made
by sb knowing that it is not true ifW; Hit: to tell a lie ijj.it
o The whole story is nothing but a pack of lies. #giiWo
o
a barefaced lie (= a lie that is
deliberate and shocking) 5t (ft ii it —
see also white lie
ITtfll give the lie to sth (formal) to show that sth is
not true il£"ft; M^iiW I tell a 'lie
(BrE,
informal) used to say that sth
you have just said is not true or correct ( ij£#Jit7X^^^IEift
) &
iftiaT, l£ijJ.$J7^: We first met in 1982, no,
I tell a lie, it was 1983. ffcC1982 ^ij^if
T, H 1983 ^0 —
more at live1, tissue Lieb-frau-milch /’liibfraumilj; -milk; -miltj/ noun
[U,
C] (from German) a
type of German white wine ( js§HJ ) M
jSSlNSiH
lied /li:d/ noun (pi. lieder
/'li:da(r)/)
(from German) a
German song for one singer and piano
j&mm&mtto)
'lie detector (also formal poly-graph) noun
a
piece of equipment that is used, for example by the police, to find out if sb
is telling the truth (Wilt!
.lie-'down noun
[sing.]
(BrE,
informal) a short rest, especially
on a bed ). /hBi, /JS&
lief /liif/ adv. (old use) willingly; happily 'If
E
M
A M ; I would as lief kill myself as betray my master.
liege /li:d.3/
(also .liege 'lord) noun (old use) a
king or lord fti;
.lie-'in noun (BrE, informaf) a
time when you stay in bed longer than normal in the morning lien /'li:an/ noun [U] ~ (in/over sth) (law W)
the
right to keep sb’s property until a debt is paid ftl M &, If Jf;$. ^ ( )
lieu /lu:; BrE
also
lju:/ noun (formal) ITO771 in lieu (of sth) instead of : They
took cash in lieu of the prize they had won. 0 We work on
Saturdays and have a day off in lieu during the week.
Lieut, (also Lt) (both BrE) (NAmE Lt.) abbr. (in
writing) Lieutenant (
lieu-ten-ant /leftenant; NAmE
lu:‘t-/
noun (abbr. Lieut.,
Lt) 1
an officer of middle rank in the army, navy, or air force ( ) ±^: Lieutenant
Paul Fisher — see also flight
lieutenant, second
lieutenant, sub lieutenant 2 (in compounds an officer just below the
rank
mentioned - a lieutenant
colonel 3 (in the
helps
sb who is above them in rank or who performs their duties when that person is
unable to gij |P, j|f M ;
lieu,tenant 'colonel noun
an
officer of middle rank in the
mm)
lieu,tenant com'mander noun
an
officer of middle rank in the navy
lieu.tenant 'general noun
an
officer of very high rank in the army
Lieu tenant- Govern or noun
(in
m
life On* /larf/ noun (pi.
lives
/larvz/)
►
STATE OF LIVING 1 [U] the ability to
breathe,
grow,
reproduce, etc. which people, animals and plants have before they die and which
objects do not have ^-bp : life
and death ^ o The body was cold and showed no signs of life. tB ^
% o 0 My father died last year—I wish I
could bring
him back to life.
A«A7!M7
ft © 4 o
In spring the countryside bursts into
life. 2
[U, C] the state of being
alive
as a human; an individual person’s existence A M; A : The
floods caused a massive loss of life
(=
many people were killed). A^
to
o He risked his life to save his daughter from the fire. O Hundreds of
lives were threatened when the building collapsed,