English Dictionary

lie in state

verb

(intransitive) Of a deceased official, such as a head of state, to be placed in a state building to allow the public to pay their respects, often followed by a state funeral.

The president will lie in state at the Capitol building.

意味（1）

(intransitive) Of a deceased official, such as a head of state, to be placed in a state building to allow the public to pay their respects, often followed by a state funeral.

Representative Elijah E. Cummings, whose death on Thursday left both Republicans and Democrats mourning the loss of a lawmaker they praised as passionate and decent, will lie in state in the Capitol, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday. […] No African-Americans have lain in state in the Rotunda, and only two have lain there in honor: Mrs. Parks in 2005 and Officer Jacob Joseph Chestnut, a Capitol Police officer killed in the line of duty, in 1998.