1.PHRASAL VERB 短语动词 See also: layoff; （通常指因工作岗位不足而）辞退，解雇，使下岗 If workers are laid off, they are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them to do.

  【语法信息】：be V-ed P

  【语法信息】：V P n (not pron)

  【语法信息】：Also V n P

  【FIELD标签】：BUSINESS 商

2.PHRASAL VERB 短语动词 住手；闭嘴 If you tell someone to lay off, you mean that they should stop touching or criticizing you or someone else.

  【语法信息】：V P

  【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式