stay

留まる

今いる場所を離れず、そこにいる。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you remain where you are instead of leaving.

• Please stay here.
• She stayed in bed all morning.
• Will you stay at home tonight?

使い方： stay in/at a place (Please stay in the car.)

類義語： remain

反対語： leave

よく使う表現： stay here, stay in bed, stay at home, stay put

泊まる、滞在する

訪問先などで一定の時間を過ごし、しばしばそこで泊まる。

やさしい英語で： To spend some time in a place, often sleeping there during a visit.

• We stayed at a hotel.
• Can I stay with you this weekend?
• They are staying in Rome for a month.

使い方： stay at/in a place (We stayed at a small hotel.); stay with someone (I stayed with my cousin.); stay for a period (They stayed for three nights.)

類義語： stop over

よく使う表現： stay at a hotel, stay with someone, stay for a week

であり続ける、を保つ

同じ状態であり続ける。

やさしい英語で： To continue to be in the same state or condition.

• Try to stay calm.
• The soup stayed warm for hours.
• How do you stay awake during long journeys?

使い方： stay + adjective (The door stayed open all night.)

類義語： remain

よく使う表現： stay calm, stay warm, stay awake, stay healthy

滞在、宿泊

訪問客や患者などとして、ある場所で過ごす期間。

やさしい英語で： A period of time you spend in a place, especially as a visitor or patient.

• Enjoy your stay.
• His hospital stay lasted three days.
• We have had several short stays in that village.

使い方： a stay in/at a place (Her stay in hospital lasted a week.); a stay with someone (We enjoyed our stay with your family.)

類義語： visit

よく使う表現： a short stay, hospital stay, during your stay, an overnight stay

芯、ボーン

衣服の内側に入れ、形を保つための細く硬い帯。

やさしい英語で： A stiff strip inside clothing that helps it keep its shape.

• The collar needs a stay.
• She replaced the broken stays in her corset.
• Remove the metal stays before washing the shirt.

類義語： stiffener

よく使う表現： collar stay, a plastic stay, a metal stay

支え

人を支えたり、物を所定の位置に保ったりする人や物。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing that supports someone or holds something in place.

• Her brother was her only stay.
• A wooden stay held the frame upright.
• These stays support the roof.

類義語： support, prop

よく使う表現： a faithful stay, her only stay, a wooden stay

いつも、しょっちゅう

英語の一部の話し方で、動作や状態がいつも起こることを示す。

やさしい英語で： In some varieties of English, this marks an action or state that happens regularly or all the time.

• He stay talking during class.
• They stay arguing about money.
• She stay busy on weekends.

使い方： stay + -ing (In his neighborhood, “She stay working” means she works all the time.)

類義語： always, constantly

よく使う表現： stay talking, stay working, stay busy