seat stay

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the two bicycle frame tubes running diagonally downward from the top of the seat tube to the rear dropouts.
    — The bike was not safe to ride as it had a bend in the seat stay

词形变化

seat stays plural seatstay alternative

词源

Possibly borrowed from sailing jargon where "stay" refers to a rope, wire, or rod which runs fore-and-aft along the centerline of a sailing ship from mast to deck, or to another mast, and serves to stabilize the mast.
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