stay
- IPA[stā]
美式
- remain in the same place；delay leaving so as to join in (an activity)
- a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest；a curb or check
verb: stay, 3rd person present: stays, gerund or present participle: staying, past tense: stayed, past participle: stayed
noun: stay, plural noun: stays
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動詞
- 1. remain in the same place you stay here and I'll be back soon Jenny decided to stay at home with their young child
- ▪ delay leaving so as to join in (an activity) why not stay for lunch?
- 2. remain in a specified state or position her ability to stay calm tactics used to stay in power 同義詞 反義詞
- 3. (of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest the girls had gone to stay with friends Minton invited him to stay the night
- ▪ Scottish, South African live permanently where do you stay?
- 4. stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges). 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ assuage (hunger) for a short time I grabbed something to stay the pangs of hunger
- ▪ literary curb; check he tries to stay the destructive course of barbarism
- ▪ archaic wait a moment in order to allow someone time to think or speak stay, stand apart, I know not which is which
- 5. literary support or prop up it did not matter to you whether the building was stayed up or not?
名詞
- 1. a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest an overnight stay at a luxury hotel 同義詞
- 2. literary a curb or check there is likely to be a good public library as a stay against boredom
- ▪ a suspension or postponement of judicial proceedings a stay of prosecution 同義詞
- 3. a device used as a brace or support.
- ▪ historical a corset made of two pieces laced together and stiffened by strips of whalebone.
- 4. archaic power of endurance some men are always great at beginnings; but they have no stay in them
- remain in the mind or memory of someone
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- remain in the mind or memory of someone
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- a farm offering accommodation to paying guests: holiday apartments, farm stays, and B&Bs are found throughout the island
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- denoting a place in which someone or something stays or remains for only a short period: short-stay accommodations
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- (of a guest or visitor) sleep somewhere, especially at someone's home, for the night
Oxford American Dictionary
- denoting or relating to people staying somewhere for a long time: long-stay patients a long-stay car park
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- IPA[steɪ]
英式
- remain in the same place: you stay here and I'll be back soon Jenny decided to stay at home with their young child
- a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest: an overnight stay at a luxury hotel
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[stā]
美式
- a large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to ... I eased off on the line while Patrick took up the tension on the side stays the lack of stays to stiffen the masts leaves them with springiness
- secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays: we stayed the mast on the starboard side by shifting the halyard
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- IPA[steɪ]
英式
- a large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to ... I eased off on the line while Patrick took up the tension on the side stays the lack of stays to stiffen the masts leaves them with springiness
- secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays: we stayed the mast on the starboard side by shifting the halyard
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