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单词 stay-put
释义 stay-put, n. and a. colloq.|ˈsteɪpʊt|
Also stay put, stayput.
[f. vbl. phr. to stay put: see stay v.1 6 b.]
A. n.
a. A refraining from movement or travel. (Stress variable.)
1941Koestler Scum of Earth 194 It is a sort of general stay put.Ibid. 204 Crowd of smart civilians queuing up to get petrol for their cars—and actually getting it in spite of stay-put order.
b. One who refuses to move, one who stays at home. Chiefly Austral.
1967Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1388/2 Stay-put, one who holds his ground (‘stays put’): coll., esp. Australian: since ca. 1950.1977C. McCullough Thorn Birds vi. 120 Things were more amicable between vagabonds and stay-puts.
B. adj. Remaining where or as placed; during which one remains in one place. Also, refusing to move, refraining from travel.
1962N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Sept. 77/1 (Advt.), Other important details you'll like: the grow-feature for extra long wear, our new stay-put moccasin foot.1963Guardian 13 July 4/5 A stay-put holiday at one resort.1968Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 13 Dec. 31/1 In the United States, a mobile home can have two bedrooms... Some cost almost as much as a stay-put house of comparable size.1969Sears Catal. Spring/Summer 22 Fashion-back jeans and shorts with soil release... Bar tacked. Stay-put zipper. Band waist, belt loops.1973Times 13 Jan. 12/8 A centre for touring as well as for stayput holidaymakers.1977Borneo Bull. 7 May 2/1 Thirty four of Miri's stay-put squatter families who have been defying eviction deadlines for two years have won their battle for land.
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