stayed
past simple and past participle ofstay
| 单词 | stayed |
| 释义 | stayed past simple and past participle ofstay stay verb uk/steɪ/us/steɪ/stayverb(NOT LEAVE)A1[I] to notmoveaway from orleaveaplaceorsituation: They need anassistantwho iswillingto stayforsixmonths. Stayuntiltherainhasstopped. Can you stay afterworktoplaytennis? Because of thesnow,childrenwere told to stayathome. to wait
Staying and remaining
stayverb(CONTINUE)B1[Iusually+ adv/prep,L] tocontinuedoing something, or tocontinueto be in aparticularstate: Stay away from theedgeof thecliff. Hedecidednot to stayinteaching/medicine/thearmy. Thefinalfiguresshowedthat mostdepartmentshad stayed withinbudget. It was sowarmwe stayed(out)in thegardenuntil ten thatnight. Put alidon thepanso thefoodwill stayhot. Theshopsstayopenuntil nine o'clock. They stayedfriendsaftertheirdivorce.
Keeping and staying the same
stayverb(LIVE)A2[I] toliveor be in aplacefor ashorttimeas avisitor: I stayedinMontreal for twoweeksthenflewhome. They said they'd stayat/inahotel. Mykidsusually staywiththeirgrandparentsfor aweekin thesummer. stay overnight(alsostay the night) tosleepsomewherefor onenight: We'vearrangedto stayovernightat my sister'shouse. [I]Indian EnglishorScottish English tolivesomewherepermanently: I still stay with myparents.
Living or sleeping somewhere
Idiomshere to stay stay on the sidelines stay put stay the course Phrasal verbsstay away fromsomeone/something stay behind stay in stay on stay out stay out ofsomething stay over stay up Examplesofstayedstayed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Hestayedat his post for the next eleven hours, until they closed. From theCambridge English Corpus Most guests were elderly people, who usuallystayedfor treatment 1-3 weeks. From theCambridge English Corpus Non-psychotic disorders with onset at age 23 years or after predicted an approximately 3fold odds for havingstayedat this basic level. From theCambridge English Corpus She took the bird outside and set it onto its feet, the right way up, where itstayedshaking. From theCambridge English Corpus Three blimpsstayedin formation while performing a raster scan. From theCambridge English Corpus There was a door, plus a panel at the side, which normallystayedfastened. From theCambridge English Corpus In part, this reflects a natural division of labour whereby older and married menstayedout of the firing line. From theCambridge English Corpus In the past, it was women whostayedat home to raise their children who were considered the norm. From theCambridge English Corpus The media havestayedaway from it big time. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, agents' ability to exit voluntarily social groups strongly signaled their credibility to existing group members where theystayed. From theCambridge English Corpus Females, by contrast,stayedaway from the roost throughout the night, irrespective of the foraging distance they travelled. From theCambridge English Corpus But as it turned out, the audience ratingstayedunusually high for a late-night program and exceeded even the producer's expectations. From theCambridge English Corpus Workers in the formal sectorstayedat the same enterprise throughout their working lives. From theCambridge English Corpus Cases were more likely to havestayedaway from home than controls, but contact with pets, farm animals and wildlife was similar. From theCambridge English Corpus The rival factions split and each formed their own battalion, whichstayedapart until 1921. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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