When you are standing , your body is upright, your legs are straight, and your weight is supported by your feet.

to be or cause to be in an erect or upright position

to be or cause to be in an erect or upright position

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A free-standing piece of furniture or other object is not fixed to anything, or stands on its own away from other things.

a hard surface on which vehicles, such as cars or aircraft, may be parked

A long-standing situation has existed for a long time.

An object or structure that is self-standing is not supported by other objects or structures.

a permanent army of paid soldiers maintained by a nation

(in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright

If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.

a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up

Standing room is space in a room or bus , where people can stand when all the seats have been occupied .

the periodic disturbance in a medium resulting from the combination of two waves of equal frequency and intensity travelling in opposite directions. There are generally two kinds of displacement , and the maximum value of the amplitude of one of these occurs at the same points as the minimum value of the amplitude of the other. Thus in the case of electromagnetic radiation the amplitude of the oscillations of the electric field has its greatest value at the points at which the magnetic oscillation is zero , and vice versa

reputation for discharging financial obligations

a person's status or social class in society

a flat rate or charge always paid for electricity regardless of whether you use more or less electricity than you pay for

A standing order is an instruction to your bank to pay a fixed amount of money to someone at regular times.

the start of a race where participants begin from a standing or upright position

a stone of great size , esp one forming part of a prehistoric monument

any body of stagnant water, including puddles , ponds , rainwater , drain water, reservoirs etc

the status of a student who has already completed some of the requirements of a course at another institution and thus is able to miss out some elements of the full course at his or her current university

a permanent committee appointed to deal with a specified subject

fixed or flat expenses or charges

If a speaker or performer gets a standing ovation when they have finished speaking or performing , the audience stands up to clap in order to show its admiration or support .

When someone or something is in a particular position , they are sitting , lying, or arranged in that way.

the stays , shrouds , and other more or less fixed, though adjustable, wires and ropes that support the masts of a sailing vessel

If you are standing by , you are ready and waiting to provide help or to take action.

If you stand in for someone, you take their place or do their job , because they are ill or away.

to continue to navigate a vessel on the same heading

to assume positions or cause to assume positions to resist a possible attack

If something such as a claim or a piece of evidence stands up , it is accepted as true or satisfactory after being carefully examined .

If you stand back and think about a situation , you think about it as if you were not involved in it.

If someone stands down , they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.

If you say that a letter stands for a particular word, you mean that it is an abbreviation for that word.

If something stands out , it is very noticeable .

to watch closely; keep tight control over

If you stand pat , you refuse to change your mind about something.

You can use the expression of many years ' standing to say that something has had a particular function or someone has had a particular role for many years. For example , if a place is your home of ten years' standing , it has been your home for ten years.

places designated both for sitting and standing (customers), as in a concert hall , etc

an instruction to a bank by a depositor to pay a stated sum at regular intervals

standing order

If you stand aside from something, you allow it to happen without interfering in it or doing anything to prevent it.

Standing settlement instructions are instructions that have been agreed in advance, and that are to be used every time a trade is made.

If you stand up for someone or something, you defend them and make your feelings or opinions very clear .

If something stands up to bad conditions, it is not damaged or harmed by them.

a cut of meat taken from the ribs cooked by roasting

the act or an instance of standing off or apart

a set of fixed instructions or steps for carrying out usually routine operations

VSWR is a measure of how efficiently radio-frequency power is transmitted from a power source , through a transmission line, and into a load .

( stall ) 摊(攤)子 tānzi [ 个(個) gè ] ⇒ a newspaper stand → 报報摊攤 bàotān [ 个(個) gè ]

( tradition, problem, dispute ) 长(長)期存在的 chángqī cúnzài de

长(長)期有效委托书(書) chángqī yǒuxiào wěituōshū [ 份 fèn ]

起立长(長)时(時)间(間)鼓掌 qǐlì cháng shíjiān gǔzhǎng

长(長)期有效的邀请(請) chángqī yǒuxiào de yāoqǐng ⇒ Remember that you have a standing invitation to stay with us. → 记住你随时可以来我们这里住。 Jìzhù nǐ suíshí kěyǐ lái wǒmen zhèlǐ zhù.

持续(續)多年的 chíxù duō nián de

他正站在门(門)边(邊) tā zhèng zhànzài ménbiān

( be ready ) 作好准(準)备(備) zuòhǎo zhǔnbèi

( person : rise ) 起立 qǐlì ⇒ I put down my glass and stood up. → 我把玻璃杯放下，站起来。 Wǒ bǎ bōlibēi fàngxià, zhàn qǐlái.

辞(辭)职(職) cízhí

( signify ) 主张(張) zhǔzhāng ⇒ He hates us and everything we stand for. → 他恨我们以及我们主张的一切。 Tā hèn wǒmen yǐjí wǒmen zhǔzhāng de yīqiè.

( be prominent ) 醒目 xǐngmù ⇒ The name on the van stood out clearly. → 货车上的名字非常醒目。 Huòchē shang de míngzi fēicháng xǐngmù.

( withstand ) 经(經)得起 jīngdeqǐ ⇒ Will this building stand up to the gales? → 这座建筑会经得起狂风吗？ Zhè zuò jiànzhù huì jīngdeqǐ kuángfēng ma?

( teacher ) 代替 dàitì

( person ) 坚(堅)持 jiānchí

be upright, be erect, be vertical, be on your feet

established, fixed, enduring, abiding, long-lasting

be prepared, wait, stand ready, prepare yourself, wait in the wings

be plausible, be convincing, hold up, hold water, carry weight

resign, leave, quit, abdicate, give in your notice

be conspicuous, be striking, be prominent, be obvious, be highlighted

not participate, stand by, sit tight, sit on the fence, watch

support, back, champion, defend, take (someone's) part

let down, leave stranded, leave in the lurch

support, maintain, defend, champion, justify

represent, mean, signify, denote, indicate

support, champion, defend, uphold, side with

withstand, take, bear, weather, cope with