ley
英 [leɪ]
美 [leɪ]
n. (被认为是沿古代道路的路线并具有超常力量的)假想线; 暂作草地的可耕地; 轮作的草地
复数：leys
BNC.13530 / COCA.26961
牛津词典
noun
- （被认为是沿古代道路的路线并具有超常力量的）假想线
an imaginary line that is believed to follow the route of an ancient track and to have special powers - 暂作草地的可耕地；轮作的草地
an area of land where grass is grown temporarily instead of crops
英英释义
noun
- a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
双语例句
- "Poor Mr Craddock has another adversary", remarked Miss Ley.
可怜的克雷杜克先生又遇到了另一个对手。莱伊小姐说。 - Miss Ley lifted her eyebrows.
莱伊小姐扬起了眉毛。 - Miss Ley looked sharply at Miss Glover, but saw no trace of irony.
莱伊小姐用锐利的眼光瞅了格洛弗小姐一眼，但没发现嘲讽的迹象。 - Miss ley, with her knowledge of the difficulties in store for the couple, asked herself if she could do anything.
莱伊小姐知道这对夫妇将会碰到一些麻烦，她问自己能帮点什么忙？ - Craddock was nervously thinking of something to say, Miss Ley made no effort to help him.
克雷杜克紧张不安地想谈点什么，莱伊小姐没设法帮助他解除窘境。 - "of course I'm not an agriculturist" repeated miss ley.
“当然我不是一个农学家，”莱伊小姐回答说。 - She had acquired a certain part of Miss. Ley's analytic faculty, which now she employed upon Edward's character with destructive effect.
她已在一定程度上掌握了莱伊小姐的分析方法，现在她用之于分析爱德华的性格，取得了毁灭性的效果。 - Miss Ley had discovered alterations, and spiteful feminine tongues had said that he was going off dreadfully.
莱伊小姐已经在他身上发现了变化，那些从不饶人的妇人舌头，已经在议论他一天不如一天。 - A long-standing engagement of Bertha and Miss Ley forced him to take leave of them in the afternoon.
伯莎和莱伊小姐有个很久以前预订的约会，这迫使他在下午与他们道别。 - Miss ley, indeed, was convinced that some catastrophe had occurred.
的确，莱伊小姐深信发生了什么大变故。