- 1外行人；平信徒（教會裡不是神職人員）
A layperson is someone who is not a specialist. The older meaning is from church life: a layperson is not a priest, a nun, or a monk — they belong as an ordinary member.
A layperson外行人（layperson） is someone who is not a specialist是指不是專家的人。The older meaning is from church life比較舊的意思來自教會生活：a layperson一個layperson is not a priest, a nun, or a monk不是神父、修女，也不是修士 — they belong as an ordinary member他們是以一般成員的身分屬於教會的。
From that, doctors, lawyers, and scientists started saying “the layperson” for anyone outside their job: the patient, the person a lawyer is helping, the public. It is a polite, slightly careful word.
From that從那之後, doctors, lawyers, and scientists醫生、律師和科學家 started saying "the layperson"開始用『the layperson』 for anyone outside their job指他們專業以外的任何人：the patient病人, the person a lawyer is helping律師在幫忙的當事人, the public一般大眾。It is a polite, slightly careful word它是一個有禮貌、用詞稍微謹慎的字。
Older books say layman, and you still hear the set phrase “in layman’s terms,” meaning “in simple words for people who do not do this job.” People now often prefer layperson because it covers men and women. Laywoman exists too, but you meet it less.
Older books say layman比較舊的書會說layman, and you still hear the set phrase "in layman's terms"你現在也還會聽到固定用語『in layman's terms』, meaning "in simple words for people who do not do this job"意思是『用簡單的話講給不做這行的人聽』。People now often prefer layperson現在的人比較常用layperson because it covers men and women因為它同時包含男性和女性。Laywoman existsLaywoman這個字也存在 too, but you meet it less但比較少見。
Though actually, this lay is not the verb lay, “to put something down.” It is a different lay, the one that means “not the trained group.” It does not mean a lazy person.
Though actually不過其實, this lay這個lay is not the verb lay不是動詞lay, "to put something down"『把東西放下』的那個。It is a different lay它是另一個lay, the one that means "not the trained group"意思是『不是受過訓練的那個群體』。It does not mean a lazy person它不是指一個懶惰的人。
core核心畫面
組成From lay (“not clergy, not the trained group”) + person, along the lines of layman.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
laypersonnoun/ˈleɪ.pɜɹ.sən/
- 1
A person who is not a cleric.
- Holonyms: laity; see also Thesaurus:laity
- We should not underestimate European laypeople. They were perfectly capable of thinking for themselves, particularly about death, a religious theme in which everyone had an investment and about which everyone was likely to have an opinion. There is no need to invoke the idea of systematic pagan survival to account for this: Europe’s mass Christianization had been a steady if piecemeal process from the sixth century through to the fourteenth.
- 2
One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.
- The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent layperson could understand most of it.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。