English Dictionary

waylay

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌweɪˈleɪ/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. / (transitive) To accost or intercept unexpectedly.

日本語の意味

待ち伏せして襲撃する / 不意に接近して話しかけたり、妨害する

The thieves planned to waylay travelers on the mountain road to steal their valuables.

泥棒たちは山道で旅人を待ち伏せして、その貴重品を奪う計画を立てていた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.

意味（2）

(transitive) To accost or intercept unexpectedly.

And when some of the friends, the ones who came every day, waylaid the doctor in the corridor, Stephen was the one who asked the most informed questions, who’d been keeping up not just with the stories that appeared several times a week in the Times […]

waylays （ present singular third-person ）

waylaying （ participle present ）

waylaid （ participle past ）

waylaid （ past ）

waylayed （ nonstandard participle past ）

waylayed （ nonstandard past ）