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

adjective | verb

staunchstaunch1 /stɔntʃ, stɑntʃ/ ●○○ adjective

ETYMOLOGYstaunch¹

Origin: 1400-1500 Old French estanche, from estancher

giving strong loyal support to another person, organization, belief, etc.: a staunch conservative staunch allies [Origin: 1400–1500 Old French estanche, from estancher]—staunchly adverb—staunchness noun [uncountable]

adjective | verb

staunchstaunch2 ●○○ (also stanch) verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYstaunch²

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French estancher, from Vulgar Latin stanticare, from Latin stare to stand

VERB TABLE

staunch

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	staunch
	he, she, it	staunches
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	staunched
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have staunched
	he, she, it	has staunched
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had staunched
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will staunch
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have staunched

Continuous Form
Present	I	am staunching
	he, she, it	is staunching
	you, we, they	are staunching
Past	I, he, she, it	was staunching
	you, we, they	were staunching
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been staunching
	he, she, it	has been staunching
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been staunching
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be staunching
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been staunching

to stop the flow of liquid, especially of blood from a wound: He used the cloth to try to staunch the flow of blood.