[每日] waylay (v) 埋伏攻擊
Word of the Day (Wednesday October 15, 2008)
waylay \WAY-lay\, transitive verb:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/034ST
1. To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
2. To approach or stop (someone) unexpectedly.
When his mother praised certain well-behaved and neatly dressed
boys in the village, Jung was filled with hate for them, and
would waylay and beat them up.
-- Frank McLynn, Carl Gustav Jung
He returned to her night after night, until his brother, Frank,
waylaid him one evening outside Harriet's cabin and beat him
bloody.
-- Lynne Olson, Freedom's Daughters
Furious and humiliated, the boy waylaid Martha after school.
-- Julian Barnes, England, England
The women, who hold wicker baskets filled with flowers and
incense, are out to waylay tourists and to entice them into
buying the blooms and scents.
-- Jacob Heilbrunn, "Mao More Than Ever", New Republic, April 21,
1997
Waylay comes from way (from Old English weg) + lay (from Old
English lecgan).
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