lay out

美 [leɪ aʊt] 英 [leɪ aʊt]

lay out

Verb

lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line;

"lay out the clothes"
"lay out the arguments"

get ready for a particular purpose or event;

"set up an experiment"
"set the table"
"lay out the tools for the surgery"

spend or invest;

"lay out thousands on gold"
"he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"

bring forward and present to the mind;

"We presented the arguments to him"
"We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

provide a detailed plan or design;

"She laid out her plans for the new house"

lay out近义词

spend specify shell array represent range set up set out present set