waylaid

英 [weɪˈleɪd]

美 [weɪˈleɪd]

v.  拦截(尤其是为了谈话或袭击); 拦路
waylay的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 拦截;伏击
  If someonewaylaysyou, they stop you when you are going somewhere, for example in order to talk to you, to steal something from you, or to attack you.
  1. She was forever waylaying him in odd holes and corners of the hotel...
     她总是在酒店的犄角旮旯里截住他。
  2. The trucks are being waylaid by bandits...
     卡车被强盗拦了下来。
  3. I'm sorry, Nick, I got waylaid.
     抱歉，尼克，我被人耽搁了。

双语例句

• I meant to leave earlier but I was waylaid on the way out of a meeting by my manager.
  我本想早点走，但在走出一个会议的路上被经理拦住了。
• I am the waylaid pieces of history which sank out of sight in all of our pasts.
  我是所有我们过去中，沉没在视线外的历史遗骸。
• He was waylaid by a band of guerrillas.
  他遭到游击队的狙击。
• Knowing at what time his wife did her shopping, one day, unable any longer to bear not seeing her, he waylaid her in the street.
  他知道他的妻子每天什么时候出去买东西，有一天，迫不及待地想见到她，便在街上把她拦住。
• She waylaid me after the lesson and ask where I had been the week before.
  课后她拦住我，问我上个星期去了哪儿。
• It is well known, for example, that Newton solved many of his toughest problems when his attention was waylaid by private musings.
  例如，众所周知，牛顿在其注意力被个人深思打断时解决了许多棘手的难题。
• The trucks are being waylaid by bandits
  卡车被强盗拦了下来。
• This was not the first attempt of these daring Indians, for more than once they had waylaid trains on the road.
  这些亡命的印第安人拦劫火车已经不是头一回了，在这以前，他们也干过好几次。
• The gang of robbers waylaid and robbed travelers.
  这帮强盗拦路埋伏抢劫旅客。
• He waylaid Melly at the back porch a few days later and asked pointedly if she'd heard from Nora.
  几天后，在后面的长廊里，他拦住了梅利，直截了当问她是否有劳拉的消息。