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stay

A1 verb

stay /steɪ/ nghĩa là ở

Các nghĩa

  1. ở

    To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.

    intransitive

    We stayed in Hawaii for a week.  I can only stay for an hour.

    She would commaund the hasty Sunne to stay, Or backward turne his course from heuen's hight,

    Stay, I command you; stay and hear me first,

  2. giữ nguyên, duy trì

    To continue to have a particular quality.

    copulative · intransitive

    Wear gloves so your hands stay warm.

    Promise me you'll always stay/remain my little prince.

    For as the Flames augment, and as they stay / At their full Height, then languish to decay, / They rise, and sink by Fits […]

  3. chống đỡ, giữ vững

    To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.

    transitive

    Draw in your right elbow, turn your hand outward and bear it lightly, gripe not the pen too hard, with your left hand stay the paper.

    Sallows and Reeds, on Banks of Rivers born, Remain to cut; for Vineyards useful found, To stay thy Vines and fence thy fruitful Ground.

  4. đỡ cho khỏi chìm, nâng đỡ

    To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

    transitive

    […] he has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter, as fast as Phoebe could cut it, and it has not staid his stomach for a minute […]

  5. ngăn lại, giữ lại

    To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.

    transitive

    Your ships are stay’d at Venice.

    […] I was willing to stay my Reader on an Argument, that appears to me new […]

    She rose to leave but Libor stayed her.

  6. kiềm chế, kìm hãm

    To restrain; withhold; check; stop.

    transitive

    So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul.

+ 2 nghĩa khác

  1. chấm dứt, kết thúc

    To cause to cease; to put an end to.

    transitive

    Now stay your strife […]

    For flattering planets seemed to say This child should ills of ages stay,

  2. hoãn lại, trì hoãn

    To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

    transitive

    The governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard.

    Without one word to deny himself, Yuan let himself be bound, his hands behind his back, and no one could stay the matter.

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