English Dictionary

stay

IPA（発音記号）

/steɪ/

名詞

複数形 古語

A prop; a support. / A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing. / (in the plural) A corset.

日本語の意味

支え、支持体 / 衣服を補強するための硬い素材（プラスチックや鯨骨など） / （複数形で）コルセット

He used a stay to hold the heavy shutter in place while he repaired it.

彼は修理している間、重いシャッターを固定するために支えを使った。

意味（1）

A prop; a support.

My onely strength and stay.

意味（2）

A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.

Where are the stays for my collar?

意味（3）

(in the plural) A corset.

Her figure was tall, yet not too tall; comely and well-developed, yet not fat; her head set on her shoulders with an easy, pliant firmness; her waist, perfection in the eyes of a man, for it occupied its natural place, it filled out its natural circle, it was visibly and delightfully undeformed by stays.

意味（4）

(archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.

stays （ plural ）