waylaid

英 [weɪˈleɪd]

美 [weɪˈleɪd]

v.  拦截(尤其是为了谈话或袭击); 拦路
waylay的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 拦截;伏击
  If someonewaylaysyou, they stop you when you are going somewhere, for example in order to talk to you, to steal something from you, or to attack you.
  1. She was forever waylaying him in odd holes and corners of the hotel...
     她总是在酒店的犄角旮旯里截住他。
  2. The trucks are being waylaid by bandits...
     卡车被强盗拦了下来。
  3. I'm sorry, Nick, I got waylaid.
     抱歉，尼克，我被人耽搁了。

双语例句

• The trucks are being waylaid by bandits
  卡车被强盗拦了下来。
• She waylaid me after the lesson and ask where I had been the week before.
  课后她拦住我，问我上个星期去了哪儿。
• Hundreds ( including Vogue's Anna Wintour) were waylaid by London's high winds, their planes redirected to Dublin and Newcastle.
  还有几百人（包括《Vogue》杂志的安娜・温图尔（AnnaWintour））被伦敦的大风耽搁了行程，他们的飞机改道都柏林和纽卡斯尔（Newcastle）。
• As Pakistan is apparently increasing its arsenal as fast as it can and investing in smaller and more easily waylaid weapons, the risks are mounting.
  很明显，巴基斯坦现在尽它可能地增加它的核武器库，并且在更小规模和更容易伏击的武器上面大量投资。这样的话，风险就会越来越大了。
• Knowing at what time his wife did her shopping, one day, unable any longer to bear not seeing her, he waylaid her in the street.
  他知道他的妻子每天什么时候出去买东西，有一天，迫不及待地想见到她，便在街上把她拦住。
• The gang of robbers waylaid and robbed travelers.
  这帮强盗拦路埋伏抢劫旅客。
• The patrol was waylaid by bandits.
  巡逻队遭到土匪伏击。
• I meant to leave earlier but I was waylaid on the way out of a meeting by my manager.
  我本想早点走，但在走出一个会议的路上被经理拦住了。
• I'm sorry, Nick, I got waylaid.
  抱歉，尼克，我被人耽搁了。
• It is well known, for example, that Newton solved many of his toughest problems when his attention was waylaid by private musings.
  例如，众所周知，牛顿在其注意力被个人深思打断时解决了许多棘手的难题。