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stays

US // (steɪz) //

停留,逗留,保持,逗留时间

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : rare corsets with bones in them
    • : a position of a sailing vessel relative to the wind so that the sails are luffing or abackCompare irons
    • : miss stays or refuse stays to fail to come about

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Everybody stays—because by the end, his triumph feels like your own.

  • The longer someone stays well, the lower their chance of relapsing, although that possibility never becomes zero.

  • But he loses his backpack in the process and it stays with the cops as he flees down the walkway toward Brooklyn.

  • He stays home one more day and then comes in and seems fine.

  • You go through your day making the energy you need for typical activities, and this usually stays fairly constant.

  • "It's always the way with them," sighed Miss Grains, who suffered from a complication of romantic tendency and very tight stays.

  • It stays on through the winter, but never remains to breed as it does regularly at Lundy Island.

  • Yes, all put up their shutters, but one of them stays in town at the back of the house.

  • Once switched on, the radio frequently stays on, and children are then allowed to continue listening far too long.

  • The stays insisted a little cruelly on the lines of her figure, and the tight bodice betrayed her narrow-chested.