lie 即是动词，也是名词。即有撒谎的意思，又有其它意思。
意为“说谎”时，是不及物动词。例如：
He lied about his career. 关于他的经历他说了谎。
Don”t lie to me!不要和我撒谎！
The camera never lies. 照相机决不骗人。(将事物原原本本地拍下来)
一、作不及物动词
1. 意为“(人或者动物)躺，平卧”，常与表示场所的短语连用。例如：
The boy lay in the sofa. 那男孩躺在了沙发里。
He lies in bed all day. 他整日躺在床上。
2. 意为“位于(某方向)；(景色等)展现”，常与表示方位的短语连用。例如：
Mexico lies to the south of Texas. 墨西哥位于德克萨斯州的南边。
The valley lay before us. 山谷展现在我们面前。
3. 意为“呈……状态；置于”，常与形容词连用。例如：
The book lay open on the desk. 那本书摊开着摆在桌上。
The snow lay thick in front of the door. 雪在门前堆积得很厚。
4. 意为“(事情)在于；(错误、责任等)发现于”。例如：
His success lies in hard work. 他的成功在于勤奋的工作。
The trouble lies in the engine. 故障出在引擎上。
5. 意为“说谎”。例如：
He lied about his career. 关于他的经历他说了谎。
Don”t lie to me!不要和我撒谎！
The camera never lies. 照相机决不骗人。(将事物原原本本地拍下来)
与lie相关的动词词形的变化
lie lay lain躺
lay laid laid放下；产蛋
lie lied lied撒谎，
这几个词在拼写上很容易混淆，有人编了这样的口诀： 规则的“撒谎”，不规则的“躺”，“躺”过就“下蛋”，“下蛋”不规则。“规则”指规则变化，“不规则”即不规则变化，如lie作“撒谎”解时，是规则变化，即其过去式和过去分词直接加－d；“躺过”的“过”指的是过去式，即lie的过去式lay是“下蛋”的原形；“下蛋”是不规则变化。
二、作名词
作名词讲，意为“谎言；假话”，其复数形式为lies；反义词为truth。例如：
Lies can”t cover up facts. 谎言掩盖不了事实。
相关搭配：
tell a lie撒谎
a white / black lie善意的 / 恶意的谎言
三、与lie有关的短语
1 . lie down 躺下。例如：
He lay down on the bench and soon fell asleep. 他躺在长凳上很快就睡着了。
2. lie back 休息；放松。例如：
You don”t have to do anything�just lie back and enjoy the journey. 你什么也不用做--只管轻松愉快地享受旅游的乐趣。
3. lie in 睡懒觉。例如：
It”s a holiday tomorrow, so you can lie in. 明天放假，你可以睡懒觉了。
4. lie at one”s door (责任)归于某人。例如：
I accept that the responsibility for this lies squarely at my door. 我接受，这件事情的责任完全由我承担。
5. 其他：
lie on / upon 依靠；依赖
lie idle 搁置不用
经典考题：
1.A man ___ a hen on the table. The hen ____ the table quietly. After a while the hen ____ an egg. But the man ____ to his wife that the egg was bought in the shop ____ in the centre of the town.
2. Those days I couldn’t sleep well. When I ____ in bed, I often heard a lot of noise, because they are ____ a new road to the city.
A. lie, lying B. lay, laying C. laid, lying D. laid, laying
3. The book ___ where I ___ them a few days before.
A. lay, lay B. laid, had laid C. lied, had laid D. was still lying, had laid
4. The chair ______ too close to the fire and started to burn.
A. lay B. laid C. lied D. lying
5. He ______ to his mother that he ___________ the book on the desk.
6. The hen _____ an egg in the hen house which ____ on the hill.
7.Where was this big egg_____?
A. lied B. lain C. laid D. lay
8. Shanghai lies the east of China and the the northeast of Guangdong.
A. in;to B. in;in C. to;to D. to;in
9.The cook _____ that the eggs _____ on the table was _____ by him.
A. lied; laid; lay B. lied; lying; laid
C. lay; laid; laying D. lay; lying; laid
10.The man ------ on the ground ------- that he had ----- his bicycle behind that big tree.
A lying ;lied;laid B lying ;lay;laid
C lay ;lied ;lain D lied ;laid ;lied
Keys;
1.laid ; lay;laid;lied;lying 2.B 3.D 4.B 5. lied,laid 6.laid 7.C 8. A
9.B (第一空：撒谎（过去式），第二空“位于，存在”现在分词，第三空：放、搁（过去分词）
题意：厨师撒谎说桌子上的鸡蛋是他放的。)
10.A 躺在地上的男人撒谎说：他已经把他的自行车放在了树后。