A pile of dirty clothes lay by the washing machine Q:Lay要用過去式嗎?

A pile of dirty clothes lies by the washing machine. -- 現在式
A pile of dirty clothes lay by the washing machine. -- 過去式
= 一堆污衣 放在 洗衣機 的旁邊

☆ 用 現在式 或 過去式, 是要按照上文來決定 ! 例如 :
The kitchen looks untidy. A pile of dirty clothes lies by the washing machine.
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The kitchen looked untidy. A pile of dirty clothes lay by the washing machine.
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lay-laid-laid---verb---put down, to put something down ;
eg:-Yim kid had laid dirty clothes by the side of washing machine.
eg:-Dirty clothes are being laid by the side of washing machine today.
eg:-She laid the dirty clothes on the top chair by the side of the washing machine.---past tense of "lay"is used of the time before the present

lie-lay-lain--verb--to put yourself in a flat or horizontal position
eg:-She had lain on the beach all noon.
To remain or be kept in a particular state
eg:-These machines have lain idle since the Chinese factory closed in the usa economic war.