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(set phrase, idiomatic) Unable to come closer; at a distance. / (set phrase, idiomatic) Cornered; unable to flee.

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at bay

Source Word

at bay

Prepositional phrase

idiomatic

(set phrase, idiomatic) Unable to come closer; at a distance. / (set phrase, idiomatic) Cornered; unable to flee.

Japanese Meaning

接近できない状態、一定の距離を保たれている / 追い詰められて逃げ場のない状態

The lighthouse kept the ships at bay during the storm.

嵐の間、灯台は船がこれ以上近づけないようにした。

Sense（1）

(set phrase, idiomatic) Unable to come closer; at a distance.

Sense（2）

(set phrase, idiomatic) Cornered; unable to flee.

The hills, like giants at a hunting, lay / Chin upon hand, to see the game at bay,— / "Now stab and end the creature - to the heft!"