stay behind

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of stay-behind. alt-of,alternative
    — Pleasant prospect for us, who are sure to be amongst the unlucky stay behinds!
动词 v.
  1. To remain where one is, whilst others leave. idiomatic
    — If a twin goes off on a spaceship for a long trip at nearly the speed of light, that twin would be much younger on return to earth than the twin who stayed behind (Fock, 1964; French, 1968; Hawking, 1988; Young, 1992).
  2. To remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment. idiomatic
    — When I stayed behind at school with my school friends after lessons, and managed to play up to a hundred games in a single afternoon, the strategy was simple enough: I castled on the opposite side in the middle of violent (and mutual) King attacks.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, behind.
    — If you can, sprint ahead and stay ahead — otherwise slow down and stay well behind

词形变化

stay behinds plural stays behind present,singular,third-person staying behind participle,present stayed behind participle,past stayed behind past

词汇关系

反义词
leave
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