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stay 1 AHD[stā] D.J.[steɪ]K.K.[ste]v.（动词）stayed, stay.ing, stays v.intr.（不及物动词）- To continue to be in a place or condition:保持：继续在一个地方或一种情况下：stay home; stay calm.呆在家里；保持冷静
- To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger:居留：作为客人或房客留下或暂居：stayed at a motel.住在汽车旅馆里
- To stop moving; halt.停止：停止运动；停下
- To wait; pause.等候；暂停
- To endure or persist:持久，坚持：stayed with the original plan.坚持原来的计划
- To keep up in a race or contest:并驾齐驱：在赛跑或竞赛中跟上：tried to stay with the lead runner.试图与领先的跑步者并驾齐驱
- Games To meet a bet in poker without raising it.【游戏】 不提高赌注：在扑克牌游戏中下注但不加注
- To stand one's ground; remain firm.坚守：坚持立场；保持坚定
- Archaic To cease from a specified activity.【古语】 退出：停止某种行动
v.tr.（及物动词）- To stop or halt; check.阻止：使停止；阻挡
- To postpone; delay.拖延；延误
- To delay or stop the effect of (an order, for example) by legal action or mandate:法律延缓：以法律手段或命令延缓或阻止（如命令）生效：stay a prisoner's execution.延缓一犯人的行刑
- To satisfy or appease temporarily:使平息：使满意或暂时平息：stayed his anger.暂时平息他的怒火
- To remain during:在…期间停留：stayed the week with my parents; stayed the duration of the game.那个星期和父母呆在一起；比赛一直持续
- To wait for; await:等待；等："I will not stay thy questions. Let me go;/Or if thou follow me, do not believe/But I shall do thee mischief in the wood"(Shakespeare)“我不会等你发问。让我走；/或者如果你跟着我，不相信的话/我会在林中对你捣乱”(莎士比亚)
n.（名词）- The act of halting; check.停止：停止的动作；阻挡
- The act of coming to a halt.停止：突然停止的行为
- A brief period of residence or visiting.居住期间：居住或访问的短暂期间
- A suspension or postponement of a legal action or an execution:暂缓执行：法律行动或行刑的延缓或推迟：granted a stay to the prisoner's execution.批准对犯人缓刑
stay put - To remain in a fixed or established position.坚守：保持在固定或确定的位置上
stay the course - To hold out or persevere to the end of a race or challenge.坚持到比赛或挑战的最后
- Middle English steien 中古英语 steien
- from Old French ester, esteir 源自 古法语 ester, esteir
- from Latin stāre * see stā- 源自 拉丁语 stāre * 参见 stā-
stay, remain, wait, abide, tarry, linger, sojourn- These verbs mean to continue to be in a given place.这些动词表示继续保持在某一给定位置。
- Stay is the least specific, though it can also suggest that the person involved is a guest or visitor: Stay 虽能暗示所指的人是客人或访问者，但是最不具体的： We stayed at home all evening.我们整晚呆在家里。 "Must you go? Can't you stay?” (Charles J. Vaughan).“你一定要走？你不能留下来吗？” （查尔斯·J·沃恩）。
- Remain is sometimes synonymous withstay but more often implies continuing or being left after others have gone: Remain 有时与stay 同义， 但更经常地暗示别人走后继续或留住的情形： A few people came to boo but remained to applaud.很多人开始讥笑并不断地鼓掌。Please remain for a minute at the end of the meeting;I want a word with you in private.请在会后留下来一会儿，我想私下跟你说句话。
- Wait suggests remaining in readiness, anticipation, or expectation: Wait 意为处于准备、预备或期望状态： "Your father is waiting for me to take a walk with him" (Booth Tarkington).“你的父亲正在等我和他一起散步” （布斯·塔金顿）。
- Abide implies continuing for a lengthy period: Abide 指继续一段很长的时间： "Abide with me" (Henry Francis Lyte).“跟我住吧” （亨利·弗朗西斯·莱特）。
- Tarry andlinger both imply a delayed departure, butlinger more strongly suggests reluctance to leave: Tarry 和linger 都暗指延误地离开， 但lingrer 有更强的不愿离开的意味： "She was not anxious but puzzled that her husband tarried" (Eden Phillpotts). “对于丈夫的磨蹭她不感到焦虑，反而感到迷惑” （伊登·菲尔波茨）。 "I alone sit lingering here" (Henry Vaughan).Tosojourn is to reside temporarily in a place: “我独自坐在这儿消磨时间” （亨利·沃恩）。Sojourn 指在一处暂住： "He was sojourning at [a] hotel in Bond Street" (Anthony Trollope).See also Synonyms at defer 1“他正逗留在 邦德大街的旅馆里” （安东尼·特罗洛普） 参见同义词 defer1
stay 2 AHD[stā] D.J.[steɪ]K.K.[ste]v.tr.（及物动词）stayed, stay.ing, stays - To brace, support, or prop up.支撑：支撑、支持或顶起
- To strengthen or sustain mentally or spiritually.给予精神支持
- To rest or fix on for support.置于或钉在…上得到支持
n.（名词）- A support or brace.支撑或支撑物
- A strip of bone, plastic, or metal, used to stiffen a garment or part, such as a corset or shirt collar.紧身胸衣架：用于固定外套或部分如胸或衬领的骨制、塑料或金属制的窄条
- stays A corset. stays 妇女紧身胸衣
- Middle English staien 中古英语 staien
- from Old French estaiier 源自 古法语 estaiier
- from estaie [a support] 源自 estaie [支撑物]
- [of Germanic origin] [源于日耳曼语]
stay 3 AHD[stā] D.J.[steɪ]K.K.[ste]n.（名词）- Nautical A heavy rope or cable, usually of wire, used as a brace or support for a mast or spar.【航海】 支索：通常用金属制成的牢固大索，用于支撑桅杆
- A rope used to steady, guide, or brace.牵索：用于加固、引导或支撑的绳索
v.tr.intr.（及物动词和不及物动词）stayed, stay.ing, stays 【航海】 - To put (a ship) on the opposite tack or to come about.抢风调向：使（船）反向或打转
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English stæg 源自 古英语 stæg
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