英 [leɪd] 美 [leɪd]
vt. 放；铺设；安排（lay 的过去分词）
adj. 松弛的；从容不迫的
n. （Laid）（瑞典）莱德（人名）
laid /leɪd/
Laid is the past tense and past participle of lay. (lay)的过去式和过去分词
set down according to a plan:
a carefully laid table with places set for four people ; stones laid in a pattern
同义词： set
使(船)向某方向行驶；驶到看不见(陆地等)的地方
就位，定向：
瞄准(炮)；将(大炮)调到所需射角
铺砌
敷设
放；铺设；安排（lay的过去分词）
松弛的；从容不迫的
The cloth should be laid flat.
布应展开平放。
The butler always laid the table.
餐具总是由管家来摆放。
They laid on a superb evening.
他们精心安排了一个美好的夜晚。
Then the woman wrapped the rain babies in pieces of cloth and laid them to sleep in a drawer.
VOA : special.2009.02.28
Some of the novels and stories you read were, it is probable, laid in your own country of America.
你读的东西，也许是美国化的。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
He has that phrase, / "Anything more than the truth would have seemed too weak / to the earnest love that laid the swale in rows.
他写了这样一句，任何超过真理的东西都显得很脆弱/,用最真挚的爱意割下一排排草。
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
And Neptune with a Trident is helping lay the trans-Atlantic cable which was just being laid when he was painting this."
VOA : special.2010.01.27
About half of those laid off were teachers, says John Deasy,the head of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
VOA : special.2011.05.05
That night, as we sat round the campfire, the staff laid on entertainment Namibian- style.
He was laid off a year ago, and has been looking for work ever since.
He laid the bikes down on the curb and worked his way back quietly to take a closer look.