Definition of waylay in English:

waylay

verbwaylaid weɪˈleɪˈweɪˌleɪ

[with object]

Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way.
（为了谈话或找其他麻烦而）拦住，拦截；打断
he waylaid me on the stairs
他在楼梯上把我拦住了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Intrigued, Freney borrows a horse from the stable, takes a short cut across the fields, and waylays the agent.
- In the ensuing days, several security force members were waylaid and injured or killed by civilian oppositionists.
- She followed the man and was about to waylay him when he suddenly stopped.
- Employees treat their boss like an ambulatory suggestion box, constantly waylaying him in the hall with ideas large and small.
- She tried repeatedly to waylay him, but succeeded only once, in November 1935.
- Most likely the stranger is just one of those unsavory fellows who waylay innocent travelers and such, and does not wish to be known to us.
- Walking on the dusty roads we were waylaid by a woman looking for passengers for her bus.
- It is easy to imagine travellers being waylaid here, even now, so imagine what it must have been like in the 17th century.
- I want to do things, but I get waylaid by other thoughts or more pressing issues.
- A couple of times he'd waylaid me, asking if I'd glance over his curriculum.
- So, it appears all they did was to go and waylay the man.
- Unfortunately my attempts to convince my father were waylaid by my mother, who chose that moment to walk in.
- There was more adverse publicity when the actor was accused of being insufferably rude to a television reporter as she waylaid him with her camera team.
- But I was waylaid by Donny, who timidly requested, ‘Would you mind walking in the gardens with me?’
- One good lady, a prominent member of the Church of Scotland, waylaid me in the street and gave me a big hug, saying she had never before hugged a Catholic priest.
- Mrs. Peck saw him about to rush into their house and managed to waylay him for a moment.
- They also resolved that if he returned they would waylay him and give him a beating.
- With dark eyes peeping out from beneath her black shawl, she would happily waylay any child or adult who wandered past.
- He decided that he would catch up with Kate by waylaying her on the road towards Cannon Hill.
- Insurgents dressed as policemen waylaid the men at a fake checkpoint, killed all the soldiers and their civilian drivers, and burned the vehicles.
Synonyms
ambush, hold up, attack, assail, rob
lie in wait for, lay a trap for, trap, entrap
informal mug, stick up
accost, detain, intercept, take aside, stop and talk to, pounce on, swoop down on, importune
informal buttonhole

Derivatives

waylayer

noun

He was celebrated on stage and in penny dreadfuls, and took on a new folkloric persona as a waylayer of solitary travellers.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea

Definition of waylay in US English:

waylay

verbˈweɪˌleɪˈwāˌlā

[with object]

Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way.
（为了谈话或找其他麻烦而）拦住，拦截；打断
he waylaid me on the stairs
他在楼梯上把我拦住了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Insurgents dressed as policemen waylaid the men at a fake checkpoint, killed all the soldiers and their civilian drivers, and burned the vehicles.
- So, it appears all they did was to go and waylay the man.
- But I was waylaid by Donny, who timidly requested, ‘Would you mind walking in the gardens with me?’
- She tried repeatedly to waylay him, but succeeded only once, in November 1935.
- They also resolved that if he returned they would waylay him and give him a beating.
- Walking on the dusty roads we were waylaid by a woman looking for passengers for her bus.
- In the ensuing days, several security force members were waylaid and injured or killed by civilian oppositionists.
- Employees treat their boss like an ambulatory suggestion box, constantly waylaying him in the hall with ideas large and small.
- A couple of times he'd waylaid me, asking if I'd glance over his curriculum.
- It is easy to imagine travellers being waylaid here, even now, so imagine what it must have been like in the 17th century.
- Unfortunately my attempts to convince my father were waylaid by my mother, who chose that moment to walk in.
- Most likely the stranger is just one of those unsavory fellows who waylay innocent travelers and such, and does not wish to be known to us.
- There was more adverse publicity when the actor was accused of being insufferably rude to a television reporter as she waylaid him with her camera team.
- With dark eyes peeping out from beneath her black shawl, she would happily waylay any child or adult who wandered past.
- Intrigued, Freney borrows a horse from the stable, takes a short cut across the fields, and waylays the agent.
- She followed the man and was about to waylay him when he suddenly stopped.
- He decided that he would catch up with Kate by waylaying her on the road towards Cannon Hill.
- Mrs. Peck saw him about to rush into their house and managed to waylay him for a moment.
- One good lady, a prominent member of the Church of Scotland, waylaid me in the street and gave me a big hug, saying she had never before hugged a Catholic priest.
- I want to do things, but I get waylaid by other thoughts or more pressing issues.
Synonyms
ambush, hold up, attack, assail, rob
accost, detain, intercept, take aside, stop and talk to, pounce on, swoop down on, importune

词汇	waylay
释义	Definition of waylay in English: waylay verbwaylaid weɪˈleɪˈweɪˌleɪ [with object] Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way. （为了谈话或找其他麻烦而）拦住，拦截；打断 he waylaid me on the stairs 他在楼梯上把我拦住了。 Example sentencesExamples Intrigued, Freney borrows a horse from the stable, takes a short cut across the fields, and waylays the agent. In the ensuing days, several security force members were waylaid and injured or killed by civilian oppositionists. She followed the man and was about to waylay him when he suddenly stopped. Employees treat their boss like an ambulatory suggestion box, constantly waylaying him in the hall with ideas large and small. She tried repeatedly to waylay him, but succeeded only once, in November 1935. Most likely the stranger is just one of those unsavory fellows who waylay innocent travelers and such, and does not wish to be known to us. Walking on the dusty roads we were waylaid by a woman looking for passengers for her bus. It is easy to imagine travellers being waylaid here, even now, so imagine what it must have been like in the 17th century. I want to do things, but I get waylaid by other thoughts or more pressing issues. A couple of times he'd waylaid me, asking if I'd glance over his curriculum. So, it appears all they did was to go and waylay the man. Unfortunately my attempts to convince my father were waylaid by my mother, who chose that moment to walk in. There was more adverse publicity when the actor was accused of being insufferably rude to a television reporter as she waylaid him with her camera team. But I was waylaid by Donny, who timidly requested, ‘Would you mind walking in the gardens with me?’ One good lady, a prominent member of the Church of Scotland, waylaid me in the street and gave me a big hug, saying she had never before hugged a Catholic priest. Mrs. Peck saw him about to rush into their house and managed to waylay him for a moment. They also resolved that if he returned they would waylay him and give him a beating. With dark eyes peeping out from beneath her black shawl, she would happily waylay any child or adult who wandered past. He decided that he would catch up with Kate by waylaying her on the road towards Cannon Hill. Insurgents dressed as policemen waylaid the men at a fake checkpoint, killed all the soldiers and their civilian drivers, and burned the vehicles. Synonyms ambush, hold up, attack, assail, rob lie in wait for, lay a trap for, trap, entrap informal mug, stick up accost, detain, intercept, take aside, stop and talk to, pounce on, swoop down on, importune informal buttonhole Derivatives waylayer noun He was celebrated on stage and in penny dreadfuls, and took on a new folkloric persona as a waylayer of solitary travellers. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of waylay in US English: waylay verbˈweɪˌleɪˈwāˌlā [with object] Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way. （为了谈话或找其他麻烦而）拦住，拦截；打断 he waylaid me on the stairs 他在楼梯上把我拦住了。 Example sentencesExamples Insurgents dressed as policemen waylaid the men at a fake checkpoint, killed all the soldiers and their civilian drivers, and burned the vehicles. So, it appears all they did was to go and waylay the man. But I was waylaid by Donny, who timidly requested, ‘Would you mind walking in the gardens with me?’ She tried repeatedly to waylay him, but succeeded only once, in November 1935. They also resolved that if he returned they would waylay him and give him a beating. Walking on the dusty roads we were waylaid by a woman looking for passengers for her bus. In the ensuing days, several security force members were waylaid and injured or killed by civilian oppositionists. Employees treat their boss like an ambulatory suggestion box, constantly waylaying him in the hall with ideas large and small. A couple of times he'd waylaid me, asking if I'd glance over his curriculum. It is easy to imagine travellers being waylaid here, even now, so imagine what it must have been like in the 17th century. Unfortunately my attempts to convince my father were waylaid by my mother, who chose that moment to walk in. Most likely the stranger is just one of those unsavory fellows who waylay innocent travelers and such, and does not wish to be known to us. There was more adverse publicity when the actor was accused of being insufferably rude to a television reporter as she waylaid him with her camera team. With dark eyes peeping out from beneath her black shawl, she would happily waylay any child or adult who wandered past. Intrigued, Freney borrows a horse from the stable, takes a short cut across the fields, and waylays the agent. She followed the man and was about to waylay him when he suddenly stopped. He decided that he would catch up with Kate by waylaying her on the road towards Cannon Hill. Mrs. Peck saw him about to rush into their house and managed to waylay him for a moment. One good lady, a prominent member of the Church of Scotland, waylaid me in the street and gave me a big hug, saying she had never before hugged a Catholic priest. I want to do things, but I get waylaid by other thoughts or more pressing issues. Synonyms ambush, hold up, attack, assail, rob accost, detain, intercept, take aside, stop and talk to, pounce on, swoop down on, importune
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