| 单词 | stay |
| 释义 | Word Frequency stay 1(steɪ) verb 1. (intransitive) to continue or remain in a certain place, position, etc to stay outside 2. (copula) to continue to be; remain to stay awake 3. (intransitive; often foll by at) to reside temporarily, esp as a guest to stay at a hotel 4. (transitive) to remain for a specified period to stay the weekend 5. (intransitive) Scottish and South Africa to reside permanently or habitually; live 6. archaic to stop or cause to stop 7. (intransitive) to wait, pause, or tarry 8. (transitive) to delay or hinder 9. (transitive) a. to discontinue or suspend (a judicial proceeding) b. to hold in abeyance or restrain from enforcing (an order, decree, etc) 10. to endure (something testing or difficult, such as a race) a horse that stays the course 11. (intransitive; ; usually foll by with) to keep pace (with a competitor in a race, etc) 12. (intransitive) poker to raise one's stakes enough to stay in a round 13. (transitive) to hold back or restrain to stay one's anger 14. (transitive) to satisfy or appease (an appetite, etc) temporarily 15. (transitive) archaic to quell or suppress 16. (intransitive) archaic to stand firm 17. stay put noun 18. the act of staying or sojourning in a place or the period during which one stays 19. the act of stopping or restraining or state of being stopped, etc 20. the suspension of a judicial proceeding, etc stay of execution Word origin C15 staien, from Anglo-French estaier, to stay, from Old French ester to stay, from Latin stāre to standWord Frequency stay 2(steɪ) noun 1. anything that supports or steadies, such as a prop or buttress 2. a thin strip of metal, plastic, bone, etc, used to stiffen corsets, etc verb (transitive) archaic 3. (often foll by up) to prop or hold 4. (often foll by up) to comfort or sustain 5. (foll by on or upon) to cause to rely or depend Word origin C16: from Old French estaye, of Germanic origin; compare stay3Word Frequency stay 3(steɪ) noun a rope, cable, or chain, usually one of a set, used for bracing uprights, such as masts, funnels, flagpoles, chimneys, etc; guy Word origin Old English stæg; related to Old Norse stag, Middle Low German stach, Norwegian stagle wooden post |
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