stand-by 的 2 个定义
plural stand·bys.
- a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- something upon which one can rely and therefore choose or use regularly.
- something or someone held ready to serve as a substitute, especially a radio or television program used as a filler in case of cancellation of a regularly scheduled program.
- a traveler who is waiting for last-minute accommodations to become available on a plane, train, or other transport as a result of a cancellation.
- kept readily available for use in an emergency, shortage, or the like: a standby player.
- of or relating to last-minute accommodations, the transport that offers them, or a traveler who is waiting for them: a standby flight.
- of or relating to a waiting period.
stand-by 近义词
等同于 recourse
等同于 understudy
更多stand-by例句
- To be a liberal, you have to stand up for liberal principles.
- And with stand-ups, I remember liking George Carlin and Steve Martin.
- Those opposing same-sex marriage are on their heels, and increasingly unwilling or unable to make a stand against it.
- Spencer, 27, is variously described as a writer and a stand-up comic.
- Another read: “We need leaders who will stand against Common Core.”
- All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
- She stood, in her young purity, at one end of the chain of years, and Mrs. Chepstow—did she really stand at the other?
- But the liberal soul deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.
- All bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever.
- It is only necessary to have a zinc, or a galvanized tray on which to stand the glass in an inverted position.