stay是什么意思？

stay

英[steɪ] 美[ste]

• vt.& vi. 停留，停止，坚持，抑制；
• vi. 继续处于某种状态；
• n. 逗留，延期，倚靠，忍耐；

复数：stays;

第三人称单数：stays;

过去式：stayed;

过去分词：stayed;

现在分词：staying;

例句

• Why didn't you walk away with your father when he left?Y ou didn't have to stay. 你父亲离开时, 你为什么不和他一块儿走呢?你并不是非留下不可。
• The company will have to expand if it wants to stay on top. 这家公司如果想保持领先地位就必须发展。
• It is advisable that we (should) stay at home instead of going to the movie. 我们还是不去看电影, 呆在家里好。
• The musicians were such a roaring success that they have been asked to stay for an extra week. 音乐家们的表演取得了巨大成功，并因此被挽留多呆一周。
• I want to stay up tonight and watch the late show. 今晚我不想睡觉, 等着看深夜电视节目。
• These sticks are not strong enough to stay up. 这些棍子不够结实, 撑不住屋顶。
• He plans to stay there until his money gives out. 他计划在那里待到钱花完为止。
• You may stay here as long as you like. 你高兴在这儿待多久就待多久。
• I'll stay in Mexico as long as my money holds on. 只要我的钱还能维持一天, 我就在墨西哥待一天。
• Put a wedge under the door so that it will stay open. 在门下面插个楔, 好让门开着。

同义词

• vi.
  stay的同义词之：保持;持续
  remain, last, endure, persist, continue,
  stay的同义词之：居住
  inhabit, occupy, dwell, live, reside,
• vt. & vi.
  stay的同义词之：延迟;延缓
  up, retard, hold, detain, stop, delay,
• stay的同义词之：其他释义
  continue, last, supporter, be, loiter, endure, lodge, linger, persist, detain, hold, dwell, retard, occupy, wait, stop, live, up, dependence, quarter, stand, reside, abide, bed, remain, prevail, inhere, residence, delay, inhabit,

反义词

• vi.
  stay的反义词之：停留;留下;继续
  leave, move, depart, go,
• stay的反义词之：其他释义
  migrate, quit, wander, go, advance,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均有"停留，逗留" 的意思
  remain：指某人或某物仍留在原处或保持原来的状态。
  linger：着重因愉快的事而使人不愿离开。
  stay：普通用词，多指人在某地暂时逗留。有时可指较长时间的居留。

词组

• be here (或 have come) to stay
  (informal)be permanent or widely accepted (非正式)永久；被普遍接受
• stay the course (或 distance)
  keep going strongly to the end of a race or contest （比赛或竞赛中）拼搏到底
• a stay of execution
  a delay in carrying out a court order 延期执行
• stay well
  (S. African)used on departing as an expression of good wishes from the person leaving to the one staying (南非)［分别时离开者对留下者的表达语］留得安好
• be in stays
  (of a sailing ship) be head to the wind while tacking （帆船）在掉抢中，转向上风
• miss stays
  (of a sailing ship) fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another （帆船）掉抢失败，抢风失败
• stay on
  continue to study, work, or be somewhere after others have left 继续学习（或工作）；继续留下
• stay over
  (of a guest or visitor) sleep somewhere, especially at someone's home, for the night （客人或造访者呆在别人家里）过夜
• stay up
  not go to bed 不睡觉，熬夜
• stay put
  To remain in a fixed or established position. 坚守：保持在固定或确定的位置上
• stay the course
  To hold out or persevere to the end of a race or challenge. 坚持到比赛或挑战的最后

英语六级真题

When it came to light last year that mothers, far more than fathers,chose to stay home from work to care for their sick kids.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
The woman will have to stay in hospital for a few days.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
Singers use it to stay away from colds
出自-2013年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  停留;逗留;留下
  If you stay where you are, you continue to be there and do not leave.
  例句
  'Stay here,' Trish said. 'I'll bring the car down the drive to take you back.'... “呆这别动，”特里西说,“我会把车开过来送你回去。” In the old days the woman stayed at home and the man earned the money. 过去，女主内，男主外。
• VERB
  (在某城市、旅馆或别人家)暂住，逗留
  If you stay in a town, or hotel, or at someone's house, you live there for a short time.
  例句
  Gordon stayed at The Park Hotel, Milan... 戈登下榻在米兰的帕克饭店。 He tried to stay a few months every year in Scotland. 他每年都会争取在苏格兰住几个月。
• V-LINK
  保持;维持
  If someone or something stays in a particular state or situation, they continue to be in it.
  例句
  The Republican candidate said he would 'work like crazy to stay ahead'. 共和党候选人说他将“拼命保持领先优势”。 ...community care networks that offer classes on how to stay healthy... 开设养生课程的社区保健网络
• VERB
  不去,远离(某地)
  If you stay away from a place, you do not go there.
  例句
  Government employees and officers also stayed away from work during the strike... 政府雇员和官员在罢工期间也没去上班。 Every single employee turned up at the meeting, even people who usually stayed away. 所有雇员一个个不落都参加了会议，甚至平常不去开会的人都去了。
• VERB
  不参与;不卷入
  If you stay out of something, you do not get involved in it.
  例句
  In the past, the UN has stayed out of the internal affairs of countries unless invited in... 在过去，除非有国家提出请求,否则联合国不会干涉各国内政。 After months of staying well out of the problem, Washington has expressed a willingness to help find a solution. 几个月以来都不曾介入该问题的华盛顿方面已表示愿意帮助寻求解决方案。
• PHRASE
  被普遍接受
  If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
  例句
  Satellite TV is here to stay... 卫星电视已被普遍接受。 Nuclear weapons are here to stay because they have changed the way countries approach the idea of war. 核武器已被广泛接受，因为它们改变了各国处理战争的方法。
• PHRASE
  固定不动;留在原地
  If you stay put, you remain somewhere.
  例句
  He was forced by his condition to stay put and remain out of politics... 他的健康状况迫使他留在原处,置身于政坛之外。 Nigel says for the moment he is very happy to stay put in Lyon. 奈杰尔说目前他很乐意留在里昂。
• PHRASE
  住一晚;过夜
  If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
  例句
  They had invited me to come to supper and stay the night. 他们邀请我去吃晚饭并住上一晚。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  停留; 停止
  I'm in a hurry; I've no time to stay. 我很忙, 没有时间待了。 He stayed the work and had the machinery removed. 他把工作停下来, 让人把机器搬掉。
• vi.
  继续处于某种状态
  Do you think this fine weather has come to stay? 你认为这种好天气能持久稳定下来吗? She stayed to take care of her mother. 她留下来照料她母亲。 She stayed a reporter. 她继续当记者。 The weather stayed fine for a week. 这个星期天气一直很好。 Please stay seated. 请继续坐着。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. continuing or remaining in a place or state;
  "they had a nice stay in Paris""a lengthy hospital stay""a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"
  2. a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted;
  "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"
  3. the state of inactivity following an interruption;
  "the negotiations were in arrest""held them in check""during the halt he got some lunch""the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow""he spent the entire stop in his seat"
  4. (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
  5. a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
• Verb
  1. stay the same; remain in a certain state;
  "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it""rest assured""stay alone""He remained unmoved by her tears""The bad weather continued for another week"
  2. stay put (in a certain place);
  "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati""Stay put in the corner here!""Stick around and you will learn something!"
  3. dwell;
  "You can stay with me while you are in town""stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
  4. continue in a place, position, or situation;
  "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser""Stay with me, please""despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year""She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
  5. remain behind;
  "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
  6. stop or halt;
  "Please stay the bloodshed!"
  7. stay behind;
  "The smell stayed in the room""The hostility remained long after they made up"
  8. a trial of endurance;
  "ride out the storm"
  9. stop a judicial process;
  "The judge stayed the execution order"
  10. fasten with stays
  11. overcome or allay;
  "quell my hunger"

行业词典

• 医学： 支持，支柱；马蹄嵴：狭窄的支持结构；
  电工： 静子；拉线；
  铁道： 炉撑；拉线；