an act of making people unemployed because there is no more work left for them to do （因工作不多的）解雇，裁员 lay-offs in the factory 工厂裁员
a period of time when somebody is not working or not doing something that they normally do regularly 歇工期；停工期 an eight-week lay-off with a broken leg 因腿部骨折歇工休养八周