lay up

1. (переходный)To store; to put by.

   We must lay up enough stores to get us through the winter.

2. (переходный)To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed.

   He was laid up for six weeks with pneumonia.

   disable or confine, as with an illness

3. (непереходный)To recuperate or rest; to remain in a place.

   He laid up until recovering from his illness.

   She's been laid up in Reno for weeks.

4. (переходный)To take out of active service.

   The battleship is presently laid up in Portsmouth Harbour.

5. (непереходный)To go out of active service.

   The cruise ship lays up in November for the winter.

6. (переходный)To make a layup with (a basketball)

   He takes the pass, he drives, he lays it up and in.

7. (непереходный)To deliberately leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot.

   Rather than try to reach the green, he chose to lay up.

8. (США, сленг)To have sex; to have a sexual relationship.

1. I've been laid up with flu for the last week.

   Прошлую неделю я лежал с гриппом. — soweli_Elepanto

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2. My mother is laid up with a cold.

   Моя мать слегла с простудой. — sharptoothed

   deMeine Mutter liegt mit einer Erkältung im Bett. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. Jim has been laid up with flu for three days.

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4. Girls hate being laid up in bed because of a headache.

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5. The girl hates being laid up in bed because of a headache.

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неправильный · Урок

• lay offувольнятьTo dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.
• lay outпоставить, ставитьTo expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase.
• lay inхранить, сохранятьсяTo put (something) aside for future use.
• lay downсдаватьсяTo give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
• lay overналожить, накладыватьTo make an intermediary stop somewhere.
• lay awayприпрятать, припрятыватьTo reserve (something) for the future.
• lay aboutнаносить удары направо и налевоTo strike blows in all directions.
• lay asideспасти, спасатьTo reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup.