英语词汇“stay”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)

v. stayed, stay·ing, stays

v.intr.

a. To continue to be in a place or condition: stay home; stay calm.

b. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger: stayed at a motel.

c. To linger or wait in order to do or experience something: We stayed to watch the final minutes of the game.

a. To continue or persist in an action or activity: stayed with the original plan; stayed in college.

b. To keep up in a race or contest: tried to stay with the lead runner.

3. Games To meet a bet in poker without raising it.

4. Archaic To stop moving or stop doing something.

v.tr.

1. To remain during: stayed the week with my parents; stayed the duration of the game.

a. To stop or restrain; check: Doubt stayed his hand.

b. To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings: stay a prisoner's execution.

3. To satisfy or appease temporarily: stayed his anger.

4. Archaic To wait for; await: "I will not stay thy questions. Let me go; / Or if thou follow me, do not believe / But I shall do thee mischief in the wood" (Shakespeare).

1. A brief period of residence or visiting.

2. Law

a. The order by which a planned action is stayed.

b. The consequence of such an order.

3. Archaic

a. The act of halting; check.

b. The act of coming to a halt.

Phrasal Verb:

stay up

To remain awake past one's usual bedtime; not go to bed.

Idioms:

stay put

To remain in a fixed or established position.

stay the course

To hold out or persevere to the end of a race or challenge.

stay with (one)

To remain in one's memory; not be forgotten: That kind of compliment stays with you for years.

[Middle English steien, from Old French ester, esteir, from Latin stāre; see stā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: stay¹, linger, remain, tarry¹, wait
These verbs mean to continue to be in a given place: stayed in bed until noon; lingered at the mall for an entire afternoon; remained on the subway until the very last stop; tarried in the hallway until he was late for class; waited for the movie credits to end before she left the theater.

单词	stay
释义	stay¹ (stā) v. stayed, stay·ing, stays v.intr. 1. a. To continue to be in a place or condition: stay home; stay calm. b. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger: stayed at a motel. c. To linger or wait in order to do or experience something: We stayed to watch the final minutes of the game. 2. a. To continue or persist in an action or activity: stayed with the original plan; stayed in college. b. To keep up in a race or contest: tried to stay with the lead runner. 3. Games To meet a bet in poker without raising it. 4. Archaic To stop moving or stop doing something. v.tr. 1. To remain during: stayed the week with my parents; stayed the duration of the game. 2. a. To stop or restrain; check: Doubt stayed his hand. b. To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings: stay a prisoner's execution. 3. To satisfy or appease temporarily: stayed his anger. 4. Archaic To wait for; await: "I will not stay thy questions. Let me go; / Or if thou follow me, do not believe / But I shall do thee mischief in the wood" (Shakespeare). n. 1. A brief period of residence or visiting. 2. Law a. The order by which a planned action is stayed. b. The consequence of such an order. 3. Archaic a. The act of halting; check. b. The act of coming to a halt. *Phrasal Verb:* *stay up* To remain awake past one's usual bedtime; not go to bed. *Idioms:* *stay put* To remain in a fixed or established position. *stay the course* To hold out or persevere to the end of a race or challenge. *stay with (one)* To remain in one's memory; not be forgotten: That kind of compliment stays with you for years. [Middle English steien, from Old French ester, esteir, from Latin stāre; see stā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] *Synonyms:* stay¹, linger, remain, tarry¹, wait These verbs mean to continue to be in a given place: stayed in bed until noon; lingered at the mall for an entire afternoon; remained on the subway until the very last stop; tarried in the hallway until he was late for class; waited for the movie credits to end before she left the theater.
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