English Dictionary

lay

IPA（発音記号）

/leɪ/

形容詞

廃用

Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them. / Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution. / (card games) Not trumps. / (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

日本語の意味

聖職者に属さず、聖職者と関係のある（俗人・一般信徒） / 専門職ではなく、組織に所属していない人（素人、または一般人） / （カードゲームにおいて）トランプではない、もしくは切り札以外のカード / （古い用法）教養や教育が行き届いていない、無学な

The lay volunteers assisted the priests during the church festival.

教会の祭りで、一般信徒のボランティアが司祭を手伝った。

意味（1）

Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.

They seemed more lay than clerical.

意味（2）

Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.

He hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. … It's a sort of disease. There's a scientific name for it. Trau- something. Traumatic symplegia, that's it. This cat has traumatic symplegia. In other words, putting it in simple language adapted to the lay mind, where other cats are content to get their eight hours, Augustus wants his twenty-four.

意味（3）

(card games) Not trumps.

a lay suit

意味（4）

(obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

more lay （ comparative ）

most lay （ superlative ）