【pay音标】 英[peɪ] 美[peɪ]
【单词释义】 pay是什么意思：
v. 支付，付；付款；偿还；缴纳；付酬；补偿；（对…）有利
n.[U]工资；薪水；报答
adj.收费的；需付费的
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] pays
[单词现在分词] paying
[单词过去式] paid
[单词过去分词] paid
【关联词/派生词】
payment n.付款，支付；支付款项，支付额
payroll n.工资名单；工资总支出，工薪总额
payday n.[U, C] 发薪日
payable adj. 应付的；到期的；可付的；可获利的
payer n. 付款人；支付者
payee n. 领款人，收款人
【pay形近词/近似词】
bay n.湾，海湾
ray n.射线；光线 vt.放射；照射
gay adj.快乐的，愉快的；同性恋的 n.同性恋者（尤指男性）
hay n.干草，草料；少量的钱 v.割草晒干；用干草喂
say v.说，讲；说明；表达 n.[U]发言权，决定权；说话
way n.方式；方法；手段；道路
lay vt.放置；铺放；产卵
day n.[U]白天；[C]一天
nay adv. 不但如此，而且；不，否 n. 反对票；否定的回答
【单词例句】
◇ One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
一天，一个贫穷的小男孩为了攒够学费正挨家挨户地推销商品。他摸遍全身，却只剩下一角钱，不足于买一餐饭。饥寒交迫的他于是决定向下一户人家讨口饭吃。
---- The warmth of a cup of milk
◇ When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks.
当他用自己设计的冰箱运送黄油去市场时，他发现顾客们会走过装在竞争者桶里那些迅速融化的黄油而给他比市价更高的价格买他仍然新鲜坚硬，整齐地切成一磅一块的黄油。
---- The Origin of Refrigerators
◇ My wife must arrange to lose time at work and not lose the job. It may mean a small cut in my wife's income from time to time, but I guess I can tolerate that. Needless to say, my wife will arrange and pay for the care of the children while my wife is working.
她也许会因此而耽误了工作，减少了薪金，可那没多大要紧，她得边工作边照看家庭。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ Taylor is one of 200 employees at New Zealand trustee company Perpetual Guardian, which is halfway through a six-week long trial which could have profound implications for the future of labour. Staff are working four days a week but getting paid for five.
泰勒是新西兰信托公司Perpetual Guardian 200名员工中的一位。该公司正在试行为期六周的每周四天工作制，目前正进行到一半。员工每周工作四天，但却能得到五天的薪水。这次试验可能会对劳动力的未来产生深远影响。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ Though you may not pay attention to it unless you're sick, you're always breathing more heavily from one nostril than the other.
除非生病了，否则你可能并不会注意到，你的一个鼻孔总是比另外一个呼吸更费力。
---- Only One Side of Your Nose Gets Blocked at a Time
◇ To get a delivery via the "little yellow horse", the customer selects the desired products, taps in the address and pays via their phone.
如果想用“真机小黄马”取货，顾客需要选好商品，输入地址，并通过手机付款。
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ (10)Would you like to pay with cash or credit card?
(10)您想用现金还是信用卡支付？
---- FISU Games Sentences for Citizens (2)
◇ NASA officials also said opening the door to private enterprise gives the agency more room to focus on the Trump administration's goal of returning to the moon by 2024, which could be fueled in part by revenue generated from new commercial services and paying astronauts.
美国国家航空航天局的官员还表示，向私营企业敞开大门使其更有能力完成特朗普政府提出的美国2024年重返月球的计划，新的商业服务和太空旅行者方面的收入也可为实现这一计划提供部分资金来源。
---- NASA to open space station to private citizens
◇ We should appreciate the natural balance and pay more attention to the importance of wildlife protection. Not until we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile in relief.
我们应该意识到自然平衡的重要，更加注意野生动植物的保护。直到我们成功让野生动植物安详平静地生活，我们自己才能如释重负地笑开颜。
---- Wildlife Protection
◇ Our translator paid for the admission, and we started enjoying the various attractions in the sunlight.
翻译付了入场费后，我们就开始在阳光下欣赏各种各样吸引人的东西。
---- A Unique Theme Park