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单词 to stay put
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to stay put
b. to stay put: to remain where or as placed; to remain fixed or steady; also figurative (of persons, etc.). colloquial (originally U.S.).
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > remain in one place
stickeOE
abideOE
dwell13..
occupy1413
to leave behind?a1425
remain1426
reside1488
consist1542
in1825
to stay put1843
the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)]
standeOE
cleavec1275
to stand stiffa1290
stick1447
to stand or stick to one's tackling1529
to stand in this1538
to set down (the or one's) staff1584
to stand one's ground1600
to stand to one's pan pudding1647
to maintain one's ground1736
to nail one's colours (also flag) to the mast (also masthead)1808
to stay put1843
to stand firm1856
to sit tight1890
to keep the flag flying1914
to dig in one's toes1933
to hold the line1956
1843 New Mirror 23 Sept. 385/2 And now we have put her in black and white, where she will ‘stay put’.
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms at Put To stay put, to remain in order; not to be disturbed. A vulgar expression.
1864 M. Cummins Haunted Hearts I. iv. 46 This curl sticks right out straight; couldn't you put this pin in for me, so that it would stay put?
1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 248 He has a prodigious talent, to use our Yankee phrase, of staying put.
1891 ‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin iv. v. 217 It takes a lot of latent strength to sit, either mentally or physically, really still. Not to fidget. To ‘stay put’, in short.
1924 J. Buchan Three Hostages vii. 102 He's able enough; but he won't stay put, and that makes him pretty well useless.
1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xv. 139 Here, for the time being, Sturt must ‘stay put’, while the Poet and I begin rolling down the Darling.
1959 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Aug. 3/8 Fire Chief Dawson told him to stay put until the car could be pulled away safely.
1978 R. Busby Garvey's Code xii. 159 I keep the gun. And you stay put.
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