waylay
/weɪˈleɪ/ (bre, ipa) · [wˈelˌe] /weɪˈleɪ/ (ame, ipa) · [wˈelˌe] /ˈwā-ˌlā How to pronounce waylay (audio)/ (ame, mw)
waylay — 動詞
- waylaypresent simple I / you / we / they
- waylayshe / she / it
- waylaidpast simple
- waylaying-ing form
1. to hide near a path or road and suddenly appear in front of someone, stopping th
攔截；埋伏
埋伏攔住某人，通常意在攻擊或強迫交談
to hide near a path or road and suddenly appear in front of someone, stopping them from going any further, often in order to rob, hurt, or force a conversation with them.
Thieves waylaid the delivery truck on a remote road and made off with the packages.
竊賊在一條偏遠的山路上攔截了送貨卡車，然後帶著包裹逃走了。
waylay + vehicle on [road]
A reporter waylaid Ms. Chen outside the courthouse and started shouting questions about the trial.
一名記者在法院外攔住陳女士，開始大聲追問審判的事。
waylaid + person + outside [location]
As Omar walked home through an alley, two men waylaid him and demanded his phone.
奧瑪走過一條小巷回家時，兩名男子攔住了他，要他交出手機。
Dr. Park tried to waylay the dean after the conference to discuss budget cuts.
朴博士在會議結束後設法攔住了院長，想討論提議的預算削減方案。
Hikers were warned that bandits sometimes waylaid travellers on the forest trails near the border.
健行者被警告說，邊境附近的森林小徑上偶爾有強盜攔截旅人。
- ambush
stronger military or violent connotation; emphasises the surprise attack rather than just stopping someone
- intercept
more neutral and formal; can apply to vehicles, messages, or people; less violent
- accost
specifically about approaching and speaking to someone, often aggressively; does not imply hiding
- lie in wait for
phrasal equivalent; emphasises the period of hiding before the action
- escort
to accompany someone protectively, the opposite of stopping them by force
文法句型
waylay + someone
waylay + someone + prepositional phrase (location)
用法筆記
The object is almost always a person or a moving vehicle. The sense of stopping someone to talk can be neutral (e.g. a journalist stopping a celebrity) but often carries a connotation of aggression or unwanted interruption.