English Dictionary

lay about

動詞

To strike blows in all directions. / To set about, with infinitive or gerund.

日本語の意味

（拳などで）あちこちを殴る、打ち回す / （何かに）勢いよく取り掛かる、次々に攻めかかる

When the intruder rushed into the room, the desperate defender began to lay about with a heavy curtain rod.

侵入者が部屋に駆け込んだとき、必死の防御者は太いカーテンポールを手に四方に向かって叩き始めた。

意味（1）

To strike blows in all directions.

… At beating quarters up, or forage, / Behaved herself with matchless courage; / And laid about in fight more busily / Than th' Amazonian Dame Penthesile.

意味（2）

To set about, with infinitive or gerund.

lays about （ present singular third-person ）

laying about （ participle present ）

laid about （ participle past ）

laid about （ past ）