| 单词 | stayer at home |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstayer at home a. One who stays or remains. Chiefly with adverbial phrase, as in stayer at home. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > remaining as opposed to going > one who bider1535 remainer1565 stayer1591 keeper1611 lingerer1744 1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 121 He that meeteth a way~fairing man, farre from al path or highway, wandring; and saith, go aright: yet teacheth not which hand he must turne on,..helpeth the staier nothing towardes his proposed iourney. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 11 The Stayer at home may be comforted by a Visit from a Sweet-heart. 1788 W. Cowper Let. 28 Aug. (1982) III. 204 I found you out to be sedentary, at least much a stayer within doors. 1805 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 72 My father is not very fond of long stayers, and I have more than once been obliged to interrupt the visits of friends of mine. 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude viii. 159 Hundreds of thousands..repeating an adventure not good in a commercial sense, but still which gave a dignity to them such as the stayers at home never attained. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour viii. lxiv. 243 He seemed to think that, being a stayer, he had more right to the fire than the mere diners. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。