staid 音标拼音: [st'ed]
a . 认真的,沉着的,固定的
认真的,沈着的,固定的
staid adj 1 :
characterized by dignity and propriety [
synonym : {
sedate },
{
staid }]
Staid \
Staid \ (
st [=
a ]
d ),
imp . &
p .
p .
of {
Stay }.
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Staid \
Staid \,
a . [
From {
Stay }
to stop .]
Sober ;
grave ;
steady ;
sedate ;
composed ;
regular ;
not wild ,
volatile ,
flighty ,
or fanciful . "
Sober and staid persons ."
--
Addison .
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O '
erlaid with black ,
staid Wisdom '
s hue . --
Milton .
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Syn :
Sober ;
grave ;
steady ;
steadfast ;
composed ;
regular ;
sedate .
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Stay \
Stay \ (
st [=
a ]),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Stayed } (
st [=
a ]
d )
or {
Staid } (
st [=
a ]
d );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Staying }.] [
OF .
estayer ,
F . ['
e ]
tayer to prop ,
fr .
OF .
estai ,
F . ['
e ]
tai ,
a prop ,
probably fr .
OD .
stade ,
staeye ,
a prop ,
akin to E .
stead ;
or cf .
stay a rope to support a mast .
Cf . {
Staid },
a ., {
Stay },
v .
i .]
1 .
To stop from motion or falling ;
to prop ;
to fix firmly ;
to hold up ;
to support .
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Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands ,
the one on the one side ,
and the other on the other side . --
Ex .
xvii .
12 .
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Sallows and reeds . . .
for vineyards useful found To stay thy vines . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To support from sinking ;
to sustain with strength ;
to satisfy in part or for the time .
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He has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter ,
and it has not staid his stomach for a minute . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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3 .
To bear up under ;
to endure ;
to support ;
to resist successfully .
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She will not stay the siege of loving terms ,
Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes . --
Shak .
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4 .
To hold from proceeding ;
to withhold ;
to restrain ;
to stop ;
to hold .
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Him backward overthrew and down him stayed With their rude hands and grisly grapplement .
--
Spenser .
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All that may stay their minds from thinking that true which they heartily wish were false . --
Hooker .
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5 .
To hinder ;
to delay ;
to detain ;
to keep back .
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Your ships are stayed at Venice . --
Shak .
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This business staid me in London almost a week .
--
Evelyn .
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I was willing to stay my reader on an argument that appeared to me new . --
Locke .
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6 .
To remain for the purpose of ;
to wait for . "
I stay dinner there ." --
Shak .
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7 .
To cause to cease ;
to put an end to .
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Stay your strife . --
Shak .
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For flattering planets seemed to say This child should ills of ages stay . --
Emerson .
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8 . (
Engin .)
To fasten or secure with stays ;
as ,
to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler .
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9 . (
Naut .)
To tack ,
as a vessel ,
so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind .
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{
To stay a mast } (
Naut .),
to incline it forward or aft ,
or to one side ,
by the stays and backstays .
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62 Moby Thesaurus words for "
staid ":
arid ,
barren ,
calm ,
collected ,
composed ,
cool ,
decorous ,
demure ,
dignified ,
dry ,
dull ,
earnest ,
earthbound ,
formal ,
frowning ,
grave ,
grim ,
grim -
faced ,
grim -
visaged ,
infecund ,
infertile ,
literal ,
long -
faced ,
moderate ,
mundane ,
no -
nonsense ,
priggish ,
prim ,
prosaic ,
prosing ,
prosy ,
quiet ,
restrained ,
rigid ,
sedate ,
serious ,
serious -
minded ,
smug ,
sober ,
sober -
minded ,
sobersided ,
solemn ,
somber ,
starchy ,
stiff ,
stolid ,
stone -
faced ,
straight -
faced ,
stuffy ,
temperate ,
thoughtful ,
unfanciful ,
unideal ,
unimaginative ,
uninspired ,
uninventive ,
unoriginal ,
unpoetic ,
unromantic ,
unromanticized ,
unsmiling ,
weighty
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