The earth-moving trucks and cement mixers lay idle.

运土卡车和水泥搅拌车都闲置着。

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A large ship, with three masts, lay becalmed on the water, with only one sail set; for not a breeze stiffed, and the sailors sat idle on deck or amongst the rigging.

船上只挂了一张帆，因为没有一丝儿风吹动。 水手们正坐在护桅索的周围和帆桁的上面。

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Many idle thoughts flitted through his mind as he lay in the sun .

他躺在阳光下许多无聊的想法掠过心头。

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But Albuquerque stood out for its cheap housing, low taxes and labor costs and lots of developable land that lay idle.

FORBES: Ready for Takeoff

K5 more than two years behind the Pentium, and the Austin plant lay largely idle.

ECONOMIST: Semiconductors