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stay
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- Conjugation :
past
staid
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past
stayed
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staying
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- stay
[steɪ]
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1.
noun
[c]
逗留
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We want to make your stay as enjoyable as possible.
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我们想尽量令你的逗留愉快。
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2.
noun
(in institution) 暂住
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an overnight stay in hospital
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在医院里暂住的一夜
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3.
vi.
(in place，position) 呆
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"Stay here," Kate said. "I'll bring the car."
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“呆在这里，”凯特说，“我把车开过来。”
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4.
vi.
(in town，hotel，someone's house) 逗留
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How long can you stay in Brussels?
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你能在布鲁塞尔逗留多长时间？
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5.
vi.
(in state，situation) 保持
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information on how to stay healthy
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有关如何保持健康的资料
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6.
vt.
to stay the night 过夜
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to stay with sb
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在某人家暂住
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computers are here to stay
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电脑将深深扎下根来
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to stay put
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固定不动
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to stay ahead of sth/sb
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领先于某物/某人
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- stay
[steɪ]
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1.
vi.
维持……的状态；仍然是
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2.
vi.
停在原地，停留
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We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati.
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我们就待在底特律；我们现在不向辛辛那提州搬家。
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3.
vi.
居住，暂住，留宿
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You can stay with me while you are in town.
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在城中停留期间，你可以与我住在一起。
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Stay a bit longer--the day is still young.
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再呆一会儿吧，天还早着呢。
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4.
verb
继续做；继续留在
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After graduation，she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser.
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毕业之后，她留在剑桥大学做学生辅导员。
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5.
vi.
留下
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I had to stay at home and watch the children.
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我必须呆在家里照看孩子。
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6.
vt.
停止，终止
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Please stay the bloodshed!
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停止屠杀！
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7.
vi.
余留，存留
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The smell stayed in the room.
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这味道在屋里总是挥之不去。
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8.
vt.
坚持到底，坚持到……结束
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9.
vt.
[Law]
暂缓执行，延缓
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The judge stayed the execution order.
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法官暂缓了死刑执行令。
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10.
vt.
加固
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11.
vt.
缓解，缓和，减轻
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12.
n.[c]
停留，逗留，滞留
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They had a nice stay in Paris.
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他们在巴黎的逗留非常愉快。
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13.
n.[c]
停止，停顿
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The momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow.
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短暂的停留让他能够稍微休息一下。
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14.
n.[c]
[Law]
暂缓执行；缓期
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The supreme court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole court.
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最高法院有权暂缓某一意在搁置向全院提起上诉的禁令。
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15.
n.[c]
撑条
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16.
n.[c]
[Navigation]
支索
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17.
n.[c]
[Figurative]
支柱，支撑物
Collins English-English Dictionary
- stay
[steɪ]
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1.
vi.
[intr]
to continue or remain in a certain place, position, etc
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to stay outside
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2.
vi.
[copula]
to continue to be; remain
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to stay awake
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3.
vi.
[intr; often foll by at]
to reside temporarily, esp as a guest
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to stay at a hotel
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to remain for a specified period
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to stay the weekend
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5.
vi.
[intr]
[Scot and South African]
to reside permanently or habitually; live
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6.
vi.
[Archaic]
to stop or cause to stop
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7.
vi.
[intr]
to wait, pause, or tarry
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8.
vt.
[tr]
to delay or hinder
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to discontinue or suspend (a judicial proceeding)
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10.
vt.
to hold in abeyance or restrain from enforcing (an order, decree, etc)
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11.
vt.
to endure (something testing or difficult, such as a race)
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a horse that stays the course
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12.
vi.
[intr; usually foll by with]
to keep pace (with a competitor in a race, etc)
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13.
vi.
[intr]
[poker]
to raise one's stakes enough to stay in a round
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14.
vt.
[tr]
to hold back or restrain
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to stay one's anger
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15.
vt.
[tr]
to satisfy or appease (an appetite, etc) temporarily
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16.
vt.
[tr]
[Archaic]
to quell or suppress
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17.
vi.
[intr]
[Archaic]
to stand firm
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18.
vi.
See put
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19.
n
the act of staying or sojourning in a place or the period during which one stays
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20.
n
the act of stopping or restraining or state of being stopped, etc
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21.
n
the suspension of a judicial proceeding, etc
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stay of execution
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22.
n
See also stay out
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23.
n
[Etymology]
C15 staien, from Anglo-French estaier, to stay, from Old French ester to stay, from Latin stare to stand
- stay
[steɪ]
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1.
n
anything that supports or steadies, such as a prop or buttress
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2.
n
a thin strip of metal, plastic, bone, etc, used to stiffen corsets, etc
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3.
vt.
[tr]
[Archaic]
[often foll by up]
to prop or hold
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4.
vt.
[often foll by up]
to comfort or sustain
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5.
vt.
[foll by on or upon]
to cause to rely or depend
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6.
vt.
See also stays
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7.
vt.
[Etymology]
C16: from Old French estaye, of Germanic origin; compare stay3
- stay
[steɪ]
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1.
n
a rope, cable, or chain, usually one of a set, used for bracing uprights, such as masts, funnels, flagpoles, chimneys, etc; guy
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2.
n
See also stays
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3.
n
[Etymology]
Old English stæg; related to Old Norse stag, Middle Low German stach, Norwegian stagle wooden post
Examples
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stay around
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在附近待着
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to stay in the backgroud
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处于不显眼的地方，躲在幕后
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Do stay a while.
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务请待一会儿。
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We elected to stay.
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我们决定留下。
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He would fain stay.
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他乐意留下。
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to stay long after midnight
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午夜过后很久才离去
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