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waylaid

/wey-leyd, wey-leyd/US // ˈweɪˌleɪd, weɪˈleɪd //

遭劫持,遭劫难,遭劫,遭劫掠

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : simple past tense and past participle of waylay.

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Examples

  • They may have been waylaid by another mystery: What do website-clicking sports fans want?

  • With this Henriette retired and the next morning on her way to early church I waylaid Norah.

  • As Aunt Zélie was on her way upstairs that night she was waylaid in the dimly lighted hall by three ghostly figures.

  • They had been out, from the fort at Wheeling, on a scouting party, and were waylaid at a pass called the narrows.

  • I waylaid him privately and asked if there was anything I could get or do—a tonic, a change.

  • Supposing he had been waylaid and surrounded by black-fellows!