英语词组“lay eggs”的意思是:下蛋,产卵。读音为:英 [leɪ egz] 美 [leɪ egz]。例句如下:
1. She sat on the nest, ready to lay eggs.
她坐在巢里,准备下蛋。
2. The hen laid an egg every day.
这只母鸡每天下一个蛋。
3. She sat on her eggs, eager to lay them.
她坐在她的蛋上,急切地想把它们孵出来。
4. She laid a fresh batch of eggs every day.
她每天都会产下一批新的鸡蛋。
5. She lay on her back, legs akimbo, waiting to lay her eggs.
她四脚朝天,等待着产卵。
6. I lay on my back, my legs feeling heavy with egg-laying.
我仰卧着,双腿因为孵蛋而感到沉甸甸的。
7. It's hard work keeping chickens and laying eggs all the time.
养鸡并不断地产蛋是一项辛苦的工作。
8. I don't think chickens lay eggs every day, so they don't procreate as quickly as other species of animal do.
我猜测并不是所有母鸡每天都产蛋,因此,他们并不能像其他动物种类那样快速的繁衍后代。
9. My little brother hatched the chick from the egg and kept laying them all day until it hatched the chick again from each egg and carried on.
我的小弟弟孵化了那只小公鸡并整天让它们下蛋直到再次孵化出来继续循环往复。
10. There is an implication that these dogs were probably busy “laying eggs” and building nests all over the property in order to defend it from any perceived intruders.
从这句话可以看出这些狗很可能会忙于在房产周围四处筑巢“下蛋”以便于防御任何外界侵犯者。
“lay eggs”一般作为中性词使用,表示生小动物或工作非常努力。不过也要看语境使用哦。