| 释义 |
stay2/stei/ n. & v.●n. 1a Naut. a rope supporting a mast 【海】支索 b a guy or rope supporting a flagstaff or other pole (旗杆等的)牵索；牵链 2 a tie-piece in an aircraft etc. (飞机等的)拉杆 ●v. tr. 1 support (a mast etc.) by stays 用支索支撑(桅杆等) 2 put (a sailing ship) on another tack 使(航行中的船)转向 □ be in stays (of a sailing ship) be head to the wind while tacking (航行中的船)在抢掉中，在掉换方向 □ miss stays fail to be in stays 抢风失败 [Old English stœg ‘be firm’, from Germanic] |