Stay

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar.

(noun.) a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset).

(noun.) 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'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) stop or halt; 'Please stay the bloodshed!'.

(verb.) fasten with stays.

(verb.) 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!'.

(verb.) remain behind; 'I had to stay at home and watch the children'.

(verb.) stop a judicial process; 'The judge stayed the execution order'.

(verb.) 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'.

汉弗莱手打

• You cannot seriously wish me to stay idling at home all day? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I have thought that if Mr. Yeobright would like to pay me a visit sometimes he shouldn't stay away for want of asking. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• As she pressed me to stay to dinner, I remained, and I believe we talked about nothing but him all day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• What made you stay away so long? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Dare not on this isle to stay. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Haste--begone--stay not to render thanks! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Was it known why he stayed away? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And you stayed there eight years: you are now, then, eighteen? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Anselmo was happy now and he was very pleased that he had stayed there at the post of observation. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I wish I'd stayed with all your girls so I could make fun of them to you. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• In London they stayed one night. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I stayed but two months with my wife and family, for my insatiable desire of seeing foreign countries, would suffer me to continue no longer. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• And she has set her mind against staying. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• We compromise her safety, perhaps, by staying here. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• You will soon be tired of staying at the Grange. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It's midnight, and past; and I'll have nob'dy staying up i' my house any longer. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But we'll talk of that by and bye--tell me now where you're staying and what your plans are. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Two young ladies have been staying here, but they went away yesterday, in despair; and no wonder. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• As long as she stays there, it is all very well. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Yes; but it's all too pretty, and your stays are too well made. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• But it's no joke, you know--if she stays here all the autumn she'll spoil everything, and Maria Van Osburgh will simply exult. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Was it her shoes, her stays, or her bones? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• By some means his brother sold one of his machines to Mr. William Thomas, a corset maker of London, and Howe was induced to go there to make stays, and his machines. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• However, he is a tiptop man and may be a bishop--that kind of thing, you know, if Peel stays in. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Staid till midnight, but not permitted to land by these infamous foreigners. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The one staid foundation of her home, of her idea of her beloved father, seemed reeling and rocking. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Christ did few miracles in Nazareth, and staid but a little while. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We staid several hours with Justine; and it was with great difficulty that Elizabeth could tear herself away. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• But I thought he would have staid now, and it would have been a pity not to have mentioned. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

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