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单词 steady
释义 steady
I. \ˈstedē, -di, dial ˈstid- also ˈstəd-\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: stead (I) + -y
1.
 a. : firm in standing or position : not tottering or shaking : fixed
  < holding the box steady on his shoulder with the other hand — Pearl Buck >
 b. : direct or sure in movement or action
  < with hinged knees and steady hand to dress wounds — Walt Whitman >
  : unfaltering, unswerving
  < gave him a steady look — Margaret Deland >
  < took steady aim >
 c. : keeping nearly upright in a seaway : not easily tipped by an external force — used of a ship; compare crank, stiff IX 7
 d. : serving to hold firm : steadying
  < a steady bearing >
2.
 a. : marked by an even development, movement, or action : not varying in quality, intensity, or direction : regular, uniform
  < a steady pace >
  < a steady breeze >
  < a steady light >
  : not changed, replaced, or interrupted : continuous, uninterrupted
  < from then on it was a steady fight against misfortune — S.H.Adams >
  < continued to produce a steady output of books — Evelyn G. Cruickshanks >
  < a steady job >
  < a steady girl friend >
 b. : showing little variation : recording little change in the weather
  < the glass was steady and the weather good with fair visibility — H.A.Chippendale >
 c. : not fluctuating or varying widely (as in price) : stable
  < cattle were steady to off 25 cents per hundredweight — Wall Street Journal >
  < current quotations show no great improvement but they are steadierChem. & Engineering News >
3.
 a. : not easily moved or upset : calm, controlled
  < steady nerves >
  < a steady temper >
  : disciplined, resolute
  < the steady valor of the warriors whom he had trained — T.B.Macaulay >
 b.
  (1) : constant in feeling, principle, purpose, or attachment : not fickle or wavering : steadfast
   < a conservative and steady people, are little attracted by tricky trends — Exhibition of Swiss Bks. >
  (2) : consistent in performance or behavior : dependable, reliable
   < there must be men to tend them, men as steady as the wheels upon their axles — Aldous Huxley >
   < a good steady ballplayer >
   < a steady horse >
  (3) : not easily diverted or thrown off
   < a hound steady on the scent >
 c. : not given to dissipation or excess : sober
  < promised to marry another man, a good steady farmer — Vance Randolph >
  < grown to be fine women, and good steady mothers to their children — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall >
Synonyms:
 even, constant, uniform, equable: in relation to matters inanimate, steady indicates lack of variation, interruption, or change
  < the light, small, but steady and persistent as before — Thomas Hardy >
  < he first imagined, and then demonstrated, that the geologic agencies are not explosive and cataclysmal, but steady and patient — C.W.Eliot >
  and in relation to persons it may imply a balanced resolution and dependability, a strength of character under stress
  < intoxicated as he was, he knew enough to charge the steward — a steady seaman be it remembered — with the present safety of the ship — Herman Melville >
  < statesmen, instead of being as they should be, at once mild and steady, are at once ferocious and inconsistent — T.B.Macaulay >
  even may indicate a level, plain quality without rough variation or elevation
  < had been moving along in an even path … there was no apparent slope downward, and distinctly none upward — Theodore Dreiser >
 when used of people it suggests a natural level calmness without the resolution implied by steady
  < support with an even temper, and without any violent transports of mind, a sudden gust of prosperity — Henry Fielding >
  constant implies a sameness, fixity, consistency, persistence, or regularity more or less measurable and lasting
  < while there have been several clear and distinct changes in the pattern, the essence of the university tradition has through all these years remained constant — J.B.Conant >
  In reference to persons, it may suggest either loyalty or unchanging fixity
  < a loyal husband (constant if not faithful) — Agnes Repplier >
  < could never think of him as having been a young man … he always thought of him as an unchanging, a measured, deliberate, constant quantity, like a Greek letter in a mathematical formula — J.P.Marquand >
  uniform, less applicable to persons than the preceding words, stresses to a greater degree sameness and lack of variety in salient characteristics as indicated or implied
  < the various tackle blocks and planks of the wooden ships were cut to uniform measure: building became the assemblage of accurately measured elements — Lewis Mumford >
  < the purpose of this is to afford a requirement of a reasonably uniform character for all states cooperating with the federal government — F.D.Roosevelt >
  equable stresses lack of extremes and sudden marked changes
  < a more equable winter climate in France — Osbert Sitwell >
  < in low equable tones, curiously in contrast to the strident babble with which natives are accustomed to make day hideous — Rudyard Kipling >
  and applied to persons and their temperaments it may imply an unruffled complacence
  < bridge, whist, baccarat, poker, roulette and Monte Carlo — at all these she won and lost, with the same equable sangfroid — Rose Macaulay >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
transitive verb
1. : to keep from shaking, reeling, or falling : make or keep firm
 < she swayed slightly and put a hand out to steady herself — Nigel Balchin >
2.
 a. : to bring under control : calm, compose, quiet
  < drew a deep breath and steadied himself with an effort of will — Aldous Huxley >
 b. : to make serious or sober : keep from dissipation or irregular habits
  < as he had no business or profession to steady him, he traveled rapidly down the primrose path — G.C.Sellery >
 c. : to make constant, regular, or resolute
  < was steadied in his determination for a career by his desire to win … approbation and love — Lawrason Brown >
3.
 a. : to keep (a ship) on the course set : keep from veering off course
 b. : to cause to proceed at an even pace
  < steady the horse >
intransitive verb
1. : to settle down : become regular in habits or behavior
 < led a wild life but steadied down after his marriage >
2. : to keep or return to a fixed position or course
 < the statue tottered but then steadied on its base >
 < they swept round in a long gentle turn and steadied on the course — Nevil Shute >
3. : to become more stable
 < another dark spot appeared to be brightening as farm prices steadiedDun's Review >
Synonyms: see stabilize
III. adverb
1. : in a steady manner : steadily
 < the rain was coming down steady — Richard Bissell >
 < these poets have seen the city steady and seen it whole — Thomas Lask >
2. : on the course set : without veering from the direct line of course — used as a direction to the helmsman of a ship
IV. noun
(-es)
1. : one that is steady; specifically : a boyfriend or girl friend with whom one goes steady
2. : something that holds firm; specifically : steady rest
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