- no obj., usu. with adverbial remain in the same place停留, 留下：
you stay here and I'll be back soon
你呆在这里, 我很快就回来
Jenny decided to stay at home with their young child
詹尼决定留在家里陪他们的小孩
he stayed with the firm as a consultant.
他留在这家公司当顾问。
stay for/to
delay leaving so as to join in (an activity)留下, 逗留：why not stay to lunch?
何不留下来吃午饭？
stay down
(of food) remain in the stomach, rather than be thrown up as vomit（食物）留在胃里。
stay with
remain in the mind or memory of (someone)留在脑海里, 记住：Gary's words stayed with her all evening.
整个晚上她脑子里一直回想着加里说过的话。
- no obj., with complement or adverbial remain in a specified state or position保持, 维持：
her ability to stay calm
她保持冷静的能力
tactics used to stay in power
继续掌权的策略
I managed to stay out of trouble.
我设法避免惹上麻烦。
stay with
continue or persevere with (an activity or task)持续; 坚持：the incentive needed to stay with a healthy diet.
保持健康的饮食所需的激励。
stay with
(of a competitor or player) keep up with (another) during a race or match（竞争者, 参赛者）与…并驾齐驱, 跟上（对手）。
- short for stay the course below.下面 stay the course的简称：
the boat made a good race for half the course but could not stay.
那条船在前半段比赛中表现很好, 但是没有坚持到底。
- no obj.(of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest（人）暂住, 逗留：
the girls had gone to stay with friends
那些女孩已去与朋友暂时住在一起
Minton invited him to stay the night.
明顿想留他过夜。
- Scottish & S. African live permanently〈苏格兰, 南非〉定居：
where do you stay?
你住在什么地方？
- with obj. stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges)停止; 延缓; 防止; 暂缓执行（或推迟判决）。
- assuage (hunger) for a short time暂时解除（饥饿）：
I grabbed something to stay the pangs of hunger.
我抓了点东西吃, 以暂时解除饥饿的折磨。
- poetic/literary curb; check〈诗/文〉控制; 中止, 抑制：
he tries to stay the destructive course of barbarism.
他设法制止野蛮的破坏性行为。
- no obj., in imperative archaic wait a moment in order to allow someone time to think or speak〈古〉等候, 等待：
stay, stand apart, I know not which is which.
等一等, 站开些, 我不知道哪个是哪个。
- with obj.（一般作be stayed）poetic/literary support or prop up〈诗/文〉支持, 拥护; 支撑。
- a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest（尤指作客）逗留期间：
an overnight stay at a luxury hotel.
在豪华饭店呆了一晚上。
- poetic/literary a curb or check〈诗/文〉制止, 中止, 抑制：
there is likely to be a good public library as a stay against boredom.
很有可能会建一座很好的公共图书馆来打发无聊的时光。
- Law a suspension or postponement of judicial proceedings【律】（审判的）推迟, 延缓：
a stay of prosecution.
暂缓起诉。
- a device used as a brace or support支架, 支柱; 支撑物。
stays
historical a corset made of two pieces laced together and stiffened by strips of whalebone〈史〉胸衣, 紧身褡, 紧身背心。
- mass noun archaic power of endurance〈古〉持久力, 耐力。
be here （或have come）to stay
- informal be permanent or widely accepted〈非正式〉持久; 被普遍接受：
the private sector is here to stay and likely to expand.
那个私营部门已经得到普遍认可并有可能扩大规模。
stay the course（或 distance）
- keep going strongly to the end of a race or contest（比赛或竞赛中）拼搏到底。
- pursue a difficult task or activity to the end坚持到底。
a stay of execution
- a delay in carrying out a court order延期执行。
stay put
- (of a person or object) remain somewhere without moving or being moved（人, 物）留在原地不动。
stay well
- S. African used on departing as an expression of good wishes from the person leaving to the one staying〈南非〉［分别时离开者对留下者的表达语］留得安好。
stay on
- continue to study, work, or be somewhere after others have left继续学习（或工作）; 继续留下：
75 per cent of sixteen-year-olds stay on in full-time education.
75％的16岁孩子继续接受全日制教育。
stay over
- (of a guest or visitor) sleep somewhere, especially at someone's home, for the night（客人或造访者呆在别人家里）过夜。
stay up
- not go to bed不睡觉, 熬夜：
they stayed up all night.
他们彻夜未眠。
- a large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to another mast or spar or down to another part of the ship（桅杆的）支索。
- a guy or rope supporting a flagstaff or other upright pole（旗杆等的）牵索, 牵链; 支撑旗杆（或别的竖直杆）的物体。
- a supporting wire or cable on an aircraft（飞机的）拉杆, 拉索。
be in stays
- (of a sailing ship) be head to the wind while tacking（帆船）在掉抢中, 转向上风。
miss stays
- (of a sailing ship) fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another（帆船）掉抢失败, 抢风失败。