lay down

放下（武器）； 放弃； 制定、强制性宣称（法律、规则）； 拟定(地图比例等)

He is raring to charge into the fray and lay down the law.(他急切地想管管这场争斗，斥责他们一番。)

He took off his sweater, rolled it into a pillow, and lay down on the grass.(他脱下毛衣，卷成一个枕头，然后在草地上躺了下来。)

You can't lay down hard and fast rules.(规则不能定得太死。)

The drug-traffickers have offered to lay down their arms.(贩毒分子已经主动要放下武器。)

He lay down on the bed fully clothed.(他合衣躺在床上。)

Keep quiet! The boys lay down, looking through the holes in the wooden floor.(保持安静！男孩们躺下，透过木地板上的洞往外看。)

As soon as Heidi lay down, she fell asleep.(海蒂一躺下就睡着了。)

She walked across the floor and lay down on the bed.(她走过地板躺在了床上。)

The children lay down on their stomachs.(孩子们俯身趴着。)

Neumann lay down on the cot in sick bay.(诺伊曼躺在医务室的病床上。)

verb

1. institute, enact, or establish

e.g. make laws

Synonym: establishmake

1. （通常指用完后）放下， 搁下
If you lay something down, you put it down, usually because you have finished using it.

e.g. Daniel finished the article and laid the newspaper down on his desk...
丹尼尔看完文章后把报纸放在他的书桌上。
e.g. She laid down her knife and fork and pushed her plate away.
她放下刀叉，推开盘子。

2. 规定；制定；颁布
If rules or people in authority lay down what people should do or must do, they officially state what they should or must do.

e.g. The Companies Act lays down a set of minimum requirements...
《公司法》规定了一系列最低标准。
e.g. Taxis must conform to the rigorous standards laid down by the police.
出租车必须遵守警方的严格规定。

3. 放下（武器）
If someone lays down their weapons, they stop fighting a battle or war and make peace.

lay down什么意思

e.g. The drug-traffickers have offered to lay down their arms.
毒贩们已同意放下武器。