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

stay¹ /stā/

intransitive verb

pat

pap

stayed

To remain, continue to be, in a place, position or condition

To reside temporarily, as in stay at a hotel

To live, dwell (Scot and S Afr)

To wait in order to participate in or be present at

To pause, wait, tarry

To be kept waiting

To wait, attend as a servant (Shakespeare)

To stop, cease, desist (archaic)

To stand firm (archaic)

To hold out, last, endure

(in a race, etc) to maintain one's pace over a long distance

To keep pace or keep up (with with)

(in poker) to match a bet in order to stay in the game

transitive verb

To reside, remain for a specific period, as in stay for a week

To hold, restrain, check the action of

To delay or hinder

To stop, suspend, discontinue or postpone (judgement, proceedings, etc)

To hold in abeyance

To endure or remain to the end

To satisfy, appease or allay

To quell, suppress (archaic)

To stop for, be stopped by (archaic)

To detain (archaic)

To await (archaic)

noun

(a period of) staying, temporary residence

A visit

A sojourn

A suspension or postponement of legal proceedings

A check or restraint

The act of stopping or being stopped

Staying power, endurance

An obstacle (obsolete)

A permanent state (obsolete)

ORIGIN: From Anglo-Fr estaier to stay, from OFr ester, from L stāre to stand

stayˈer noun

A person or animal (esp a horse or greyhound) of good lasting or staying qualities for a race

stayˈ-at-home adjective

Keeping much at home
Tending or preferring to stay at home, in one's own area or country
Untravelled, unadventurous

noun

A stay-at-home person

stayˈaway noun (S Afr)

A strike
A person participating in a strike

staying power noun

The ability to continue or sustain effort, esp over a long period, without flagging

stay-on tab noun

A ring pull that does not pull entirely off, but bends into the can

stay stitching noun (dressmaking)

A line of stitching in the seam allowance to prevent stretching and fraying of the fabric

be here (or have come) to stay

To have become permanent or established

stay in

To remain at home

stay on

To remain, tarry after the normal or expected time for departing

stay out

To remain away from home
To remain throughout or beyond the end of

stay over (informal)

To remain overnight, stay the night

stay put

Not to move from the place or position in which one has been put

stay someone's hand (literary)

To stop someone on the point of doing something

stay the course

To endure to the end of the race or other trial of one's stamina and staying power

stay up

To remain out of bed and awake after the normal time of going to sleep

stay1 /stā/

stay¹ /stā/