| 释义 |
well-laid, ppl. a.
Also with adv., as in, on.
1679Oldham Sat. Jesuits i. (1681) 19 That damn'd Committee, whom the Fates ordain Of all our well-laid Plots to be the bane. 1826Galt Last of Lairds iv. 31 A weel-laid-on whack o' the tawse. 1847Surtees Hawbuck Grange xii. 247 Our friends now got among nice, level, well-laid, well-pleached fences. 1854― Handley Cr. li. (1901) II. 92 Jorrocks, who is well-laid in on the road for a view, screeches and holloas them on. |
