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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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