Waylay

(v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.

科林整理

• It had been the calling of his life to slink and skulk and dog and waylay, and he knew his calling well. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• What accidents and subtle suggestions may not waylay them and cheat them? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She knows that the King is capable of having her waylaid and searched. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Could they have been waylaid and robbed? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The cross marks the spot where a celebrated troubadour was waylaid and murdered in the fourteenth century. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Twice she has been waylaid. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• My beloved reader has no doubt in the course of his experience been waylaid by many such a luckless companion. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He waylays the smaller boys to punch their unprotected heads, and calls challenges after me in the open streets. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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