layup

中文： 上篮、轻而易举的事

1. A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.
2. A relatively easy task. (colloquial) · Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk.
3. The state of being laid up. · The ship endured an interminable layup in the harbor lasting nearly a month.
4. A track used to store train cars. (countable, uncountable) · The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.
5. A side track, tunnel, or elevated structure where idle trains park during off-peak hours, overnight, or on weekend; a targeted spot because the stationary trains give them enough time to paint large pieces. (countable, slang, uncountable)
6. A train car sitting in storage (laid up), often overnight.
7. The process of applying alternate layers of a material and a binding agent to form a composite material.

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