英语词汇“at stay”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A stationary condition, a standstill; a state of neither advance nor retrogression. Chiefly in phrases, at or in a or one stay, rarely at stay.Now somewhat archaic, chiefly in echoes of the Prayer-book phrase in quot. 1549.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement

standinga1398

stay1525

stand1584

consistence1598

still-stand1600

station1603

standstilla1646

dead lock1781

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxxvi. [cxxxii.] 379 Then the duke stode in a staye, and toke counsayle what was beste to do.

1542 in Tytler's Hist. Scot. (1864) III. 6 (note) This busyness..whiche, at this present, is at such a staye, that [etc.].

1546 T. Phaer Bk. Children (1553) T vij b The pulse is incertayn, and neuer at one stay.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Buriall f. xxiiii* Man that is borne of a woman..neuer continueth in one staye.

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. ii. f. 9^v The king in y^e meane season stode at a staye.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie ix. 36 Here stoode they both, a while in silent stay.

1560 T. Gresham in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) I. 292 So that now the Quene's Majestie's credit ys at a whole steye.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 159 Then is he at a staye, he can go no further.

1595 W. Hunnis Life & Death Joseph 54 in Recreat. (new ed.) But Jacob yet amased was, and stood in doubtful stay.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Phormio v. viii, in Terence in Eng. 450 I am brought to such a stay that I knowe not what to doe with him.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xviii. 830 [Oaks have] one hundred [years] to growe, one hundred to stande at a staie, and one hundred to decline and fall away.

1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xiii. 5 And beholde, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skinne, then [etc.] .

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 1168/2 I am brought to that stay, that [etc.].

1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 181 A River Pike grows fast till he arrives at twenty~four..Inches in length; then he stands a little more at stay.

1851 G. Meredith Love in Valley ii Swifter she seems in her stay than in her flight.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iv. 106 We are never in one stay.

1876 R. Bridges Growth of Love xxvi True only should the swift life stand at stay.

1880 J. A. Froude Bunyan ix. 151 In this world of change the point of view alters fast, and never continues in one stay.

单词	at stay
释义	> as lemmas at stay a. A stationary condition, a standstill; a state of neither advance nor retrogression. Chiefly in phrases, at or in a or one stay, rarely at stay.Now somewhat archaic, chiefly in echoes of the Prayer-book phrase in quot. 1549. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement standinga1398 stay1525 stand1584 consistence1598 still-stand1600 station1603 standstilla1646 dead lock1781 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxxvi. [cxxxii.] 379 Then the duke stode in a staye, and toke counsayle what was beste to do. 1542 in Tytler's Hist. Scot. (1864) III. 6 (note) This busyness..whiche, at this present, is at such a staye, that [etc.]. 1546 T. Phaer Bk. Children (1553) T vij b The pulse is incertayn, and neuer at one stay. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Buriall f. xxiiii* Man that is borne of a woman..neuer continueth in one staye. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. ii. f. 9^v The king in y^e meane season stode at a staye. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie ix. 36 Here stoode they both, a while in silent stay. 1560 T. Gresham in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) I. 292 So that now the Quene's Majestie's credit ys at a whole steye. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 159 Then is he at a staye, he can go no further. 1595 W. Hunnis Life & Death Joseph 54 in Recreat. (new ed.) But Jacob yet amased was, and stood in doubtful stay. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Phormio v. viii, in Terence in Eng. 450 I am brought to such a stay that I knowe not what to doe with him. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xviii. 830 [Oaks have] one hundred [years] to growe, one hundred to stande at a staie, and one hundred to decline and fall away. 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xiii. 5 And beholde, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skinne, then [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 1168/2 I am brought to that stay, that [etc.]. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 181 A River Pike grows fast till he arrives at twenty~four..Inches in length; then he stands a little more at stay. 1851 G. Meredith Love in Valley ii Swifter she seems in her stay than in her flight. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iv. 106 We are never in one stay. 1876 R. Bridges Growth of Love xxvi True only should the swift life stand at stay. 1880 J. A. Froude Bunyan ix. 151 In this world of change the point of view alters fast, and never continues in one stay. extracted from stayn.³ < as lemmas
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