英:[ˈmeɪnsteɪ]
美:[ˈmenˌste]
英:[ˈmeɪnsteɪ]
美:[ˈmenˌste]
n.
支柱,柱石
骨干,中流砥柱
主要的依靠
主桅支索
main·stay
meIn steI
复数:mainstays
词根:main
adj.main 主要的,最重要的;全力的
adv.mainly 主要地,大体上
n.main 主要部分,要点;体力;总管道
mainspring 主要动力;(钟表)主发条;主要原因;主要动机
mainmast (船的)主桅
mainsail [船] 主帆;主桅的帆
mainsheet 主桅帆操纵索
noun
a crucial or key part of something Tourism is a mainstay of the city's economy. The mainstay of treatment for chronic hives of unknown origin is antihistamine medications.—Mayo Clinic Health Letter
Fish is the mainstay of their diet.
someone or something that is a principal or reliable support or resource Her immense pride in him and unquestioning support were among the few mainstays in his life.—Robert V. Remini
Tourism is one of the city's economic mainstays.
a ship's stay (see stay entry 1 sense 1) extending from the maintop forward usually to the foot of the foremast
"主要支持者",1787年,这是一个航海名词的比喻用法,意思是“从主桅顶延伸到前桅底部的支撑物”,源自 main(形容词)+ stay(名词)。
骨干
台柱
主将
The first known use of mainstay was in the 15th century
maintainverb
to keep in an existing stateespecially: to keep in good condition maintain machinery
maintain one's health
to defend by argument
maintain a position
to continue in : carry on, keep up maintain a correspondence
maintain your balance
to provide for : support
maintain my family by working
to insist to be true
maintained that all men are equal
mainstreamnoun
the principal current or direction of activity or influence
mainstreamnoun
the principal current or direction of activity or influence
mainstaynoun
a large strong rope running from the maintop of a ship usually to the foot of the foremast
a chief support
the mainstay of the family
1 ART galleries might be a mainstay in most large cities, but in São Paulo they have always been in short supply, catering to a small elite.
2 After various roles off-Broadway, he started to get work on television, the medium which was to be his mainstay.
3 Such farms, which offer a share of their harvest in exchange for a seasonal financial commitment, are now a mainstay of the farm-to-table movement.
4 Hotel California — A Salute to the Eagles Tribute band salutes the classic-rock mainstays.
5 A winner of nine Tony Awards, including best musical, “The Book of Mormon” has become one of American theater’s most successful and enduring mainstays.
6 With its southwestern name and decor, its Californian and European-inspired cuisine and its elevated yet easy vibe, Zuni has been a mainstay of American cuisine for over four decades now.
7 Bistrotheque, the restaurant they opened in 2004 in what was then a questionable part of East London, remains a hip mainstay on the culinary scene.
8 Genuine yet packaged, challenged but unsinkable, the Bullock BFF has been a mainstay for decades.
9 Mr. Calder, a stage veteran who was a memorable Lear several summers ago at Shakespeare’s Globe, brings a moving hesitancy to the role of the Elsinore mainstay who seems aware that his days are numbered.
10 Science fiction has become such a mainstay of lumbering franchises that it’s hard not to root for left-field small-scale twists on the genre like the fizzy, funny “Molli and Max in the Future.”
11 The Pollock chair, made of comfortable-looking leather and chrome, was an immediate success and came to be a mainstay of the modern office.
12 She was still performing into the 21st century, often at clubs like Arci’s Place in Manhattan, where she had long been a mainstay of the cabaret scene.
13 A few big mainstay does people health psychology have after all? Specific what effect is there?
人们健康心理究竟有几大支柱? 具体有什么作用?
14 Curry's departure from the early morning mainstay had been widely expected as she came under sharp scrutiny for the program's ratings decline.
15 It's nuts-and-bolts stuff – formulaic, predictable and workmanlike – but the action sequences have plenty of zing and Wahlberg holds the attention as the tortured mainstay desperately trying to do the right thing.
16 Daniel grew up in Minnesota in a low-income family, and she and her sisters have a soft spot for iceberg, which, at around a dollar a head, was a mainstay for them.
17 The series was hailed by some as Britain's answer to Roseanne and broke the sitcom mould by centring on Bill, the lynchpin of the Porter family, whose everyday antics were the mainstay of the series.
18 Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album,” a chart mainstay for 21 months and counting, is No. 3.
19 Beyond Baroque A mainstay of the literary counterculture of Venice since 1968, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center holds poetry readings, workshops and more.
20 With the help of enthusiasts from different cities, the movie traces how the sport became a mainstay of black culture and sheds light on how, post-segregation, racism lives on within the rinks.
1 主要部分
2 中流砥柱
3 主要依靠
4 栋梁
5 支柱
support post standard column shore prop pillar strut stilt buttress stanchion pit-prop stay spur brace cornerstone backbone crutch bulwark fulcrum backstop trivet puncheon spile landtie pier staff stock rock leg pedestal base anchor sustentaculum supporter stake upright anchorage stoop overcast underpinning shoring stull sprag