stay的意思是：v.停留；逗留；保持；n.停留；逗留。stay的详尽释义是v.(动词)延缓，延后停留，逗留，留下暂住继续站住，停下，止住忍耐；撑过抑制，阻止，制止，平息暂时解除暂时满足一下【海】转向上风，（使）转变航向用支索固定，用支索支撑保持下去，持久，坚持，坚持到...结束为多数人所接受，得到普遍认可用支索使（桅）改变角度。stay过去式:stayed；过去分词:stayed；现在分词:staying；第三人称单数:stays。
一、详尽释义点此查看stay的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.停留;逗留;留下
If youstay where you are, you continue to be there and do not leave.
e.g. 'Stay here,' Trish said. 'I'll bring the car down the drive to take you back.'...
“呆这别动，”特里西说,“我会把车开过来送你回去。”
e.g. In the old days the woman stayed at home and the man earned the money.
过去，女主内，男主外。
2.(在某城市、旅馆或别人家)暂住，逗留
If youstay in a town, or hotel, or at someone's house, you live there for a short time.
stay的反义词
e.g. Gordon stayed at The Park Hotel, Milan...
戈登下榻在米兰的帕克饭店。
e.g. He tried tostay a few months every year in Scotland.
他每年都会争取在苏格兰住几个月。
3.保持;维持
If someone or somethingstays in a particular state or situation, they continue to be in it.
e.g. The Republican candidate said he would 'work like crazy tostay ahead'.
共和党候选人说他将“拼命保持领先优势”。
e.g. ...community care networks that offer classes on how tostay healthy...
开设养生课程的社区保健网络
4.不去,远离(某地)
If youstay away from a place, you do not go there.
e.g. Government employees and officers also stayed away from work during the strike...
政府雇员和官员在罢工期间也没去上班。
e.g. Every single employee turned up at the meeting, even people who usually stayed away.
所有雇员一个个不落都参加了会议，甚至平常不去开会的人都去了。
5.不参与;不卷入
If youstay out of something, you do not get involved in it.
e.g. In the past, the UN has stayed out of the internal affairs of countries unless invited in...
在过去，除非有国家提出请求,否则联合国不会干涉各国内政。
e.g. After months of staying well out of the problem, Washington has expressed a willingness to help find a solution.
几个月以来都不曾介入该问题的华盛顿方面已表示愿意帮助寻求解决方案。
6.被普遍接受
If you say that something ishere to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
e.g. Satellite TV is here tostay...
卫星电视已被普遍接受。
e.g. Nuclear weapons are here tostay because they have changed the way countries approach the idea of war.
核武器已被广泛接受，因为它们改变了各国处理战争的方法。
7.固定不动;留在原地
If youstay put, you remain somewhere.
e.g. He was forced by his condition tostay put and remain out of politics...
他的健康状况迫使他留在原处,置身于政坛之外。
e.g. Nigel says for the moment he is very happy tostay put in Lyon.
奈杰尔说目前他很乐意留在里昂。
8.住一晚;过夜
If youstay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
e.g. They had invited me to come to supper andstay the night.
他们邀请我去吃晚饭并住上一晚。
相关词组：stay instay onstay outstay up
四、例句
I stayed late at the party last night.
昨晚我在晚会上呆到很晚。
You can stay at home and watch TV.
你可以待在家里并且看电视。
Why don't you come to stay with us next time you visit Durham?
下次来达勒姆就住在我们这儿好吗?
The temperature has stayed hot this week.
本周气温一直都很热。
We must be able to stay impartial at all times.
我们必须经常保持公正的态度。
He went straight to New York without a stay in Hongkong.
他直接去了纽约,没在香港停留。
He made few friends during his stay in the village.
他在这个村子逗留的期间，没有交上几个朋友。
五、常用短语
We stay at home on Sundays.
星期天我们常呆在家里。
I'll stay at the bus stop while you go to see if there's a bus coming.
你去看看有没有公共汽车驶来,我留在车站等着。
The others are going out, but I think I'll stay at home.Suit yourself.
别人都出去了,但我想留在家里。请随你的便吧。
They succeeded in persuading me to stay at home.
他们成功地说服了我留在家里。
In modern society, fewer women stay at home to look after their children.They have their own jobs.
在现代社会里,很少有妇女呆在家里照顾孩子。她们有自己的工作。
I wonder why she is staying away.
我不知道她为什么还不来。
Why don't you stay away if you don't like us?
你要是不喜欢我们为什么不离开?
stay away from sthWhy did you stay away from school for weeks at a time?
你为什么一次缺几个星期的课?
She is deliberately staying away from the meetings.
她有意回避会议。
Stay out!
呆在外边!
It's very cold. Don't stay out.
天很冷,别呆在外面。
It's unusual for them to stay out so long.
他们很少在外边呆那么长时间。
I promised my mother that I would not stay out late tonight.
我答应母亲今晚不在外面呆得太晚。
stay outGet out and stay out!
滚出去,少管闲事!
stay out of sthHe always tries to stay out of other people's affairs that don't concern him.
他总是力图避开与己无关的闲事。
Father hoped we'd stay out of trouble in the big city.
父亲希望我们在大城市里别惹麻烦。
It's not easy for John to stay out of debt while prices are rising so fast.
在物价飞涨的时候约翰要想不欠债很不容易。
He decided it would be best to stay to himself until the pagan festivities were over.
他决定最好的办法是在异教徒的节日活动结束前,他不和任何人交往。
The temporary roof won't stay up much longer.
那临时屋顶挺不了多久。
These sticks are not strong enough to stay up.
这些棍子不够结实,撑不住屋顶。
stay sth ⇔ upThe valuable painting by a famous artist has been stayed up on the wall for many years.
一位著名画家的珍贵油画已在墙上挂了许多年。
stay upWe stayed up until midnight talking about our work.
我们谈论工作一直到深夜还没睡。
His tender wife always stays up until he comes back.
她那温柔的妻子总是等他回来才睡。
The patient was so ill that the nurse had to stay up all night.
这病人病得很重,护士只好整夜不睡照顾他。
stay upIf you do fall out of the boat, your lifejacket will help you to stay up until we can get you out.
如果你真从船上掉下去了,救生衣就可帮助你漂浮在水面上,直到我们把你搭救上来。
I hope you'll stay with me on your next visit too.
希望你下次来时还在我家住。
How long do you intend to stay with the firm?
你准备在公司干多久?
The police are watching to see that all motorists stay within the new speed limit.
警察在值勤,以确保汽车驾驶员均能遵守新的限速。
Make sure that your spending on this contract stays within bounds, or the firm could be in trouble.
在此合同上的花费一定不要超出限额,不然公司会有困难。
六、情景对话
谈论天气
A：Beautiful day, isn’’t it?
今天天气真好，是不是?
B：Yes, it’’s not like what the radio said at all.
是的,一点也不像收音机里说的那样。
A：I wish it wouldstay this way for the weekend.
但愿整个周末都能保持这样的好天气。
B：As long as it doesn’’t snow!
只要不下雪就行啊!
出入境
stay的反义词
A：Your passpart, please.
请出示您的护照。
B：This one.
这个。
A：How long are you going tostay here?
您在此逗留多长时间？
B：Two weeks.
两个星期
A：Where are you goingstay?
您此期间在哪里落脚？
B：The Hilton Hotel in Paris.
巴黎的希尔顿酒店。
A：What will you do here?
您此行的目的是什么？
stay是什么意思
B：For Business.
商务旅行。
A：Ok, you’re through now.
好了，您可以通过了。
请求帮助
A：I was wondering if you'd let mestay here for a few days.
不知道你是否能让我在这里呆几天。
B：It really depends on when and how long.
这取决于什么时候和多长时间。
A：Until next weekend, if that's OK.
如果可以的话，呆到下周末。
B：Let me think it over, and I'll let you know later.
让我考虑一下，一会告诉你知道。
七、常见错误
误 I'll be able to live at my aunt's house while I'm in the town.
正 I'll be able to stay at my aunt's house while I'm in the town.
析 stay at指“短时间的居住〔停留〕”,而live at指“长时间的居住”。
stay的相关近义词
abide、adjourn、allay、arrest、check、continue、curb、defer、delay、detain、endure、wait、delay、halt、holiday、pause
stay的相关反义词
stay的相关临近词
STD、stave、stayer、stay on、Stayner、stay up、stay at、staypak、Stayton、Staykov、stayguy、Stayman