bestay

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To secure or steady; cause to come to a fixed position or state; bring to a halt or stop. transitive
    — Mid the half-furrowed field bestay the plough, Bid the twin toilers of the yoke go free, And aught that doth thee patient servitude, From closing sabbath to its blest return, [...]

词形变化

bestays present,singular,third-person bestaying participle,present bestayed participle,past bestayed past

词源

From be- + stay, from Middle English *stayen, steyen, from Old French estaier, estayer (“to prop, stay, support”), from estaye (“prop, support”), of Proto-Germanic origin. More at stay.
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