中考英语词汇旧词新义：stay

stay

I’ll stay here till you come back.

此句中的stay是不及物动词,意为“停留,呆”,这是其最常见的用法。stay除了此用法外,还有其它用法,如:

① I made some friends during my stay in Beijing. (stay用作名词,意为“逗留,停留”。)

② I don’t like you staying out so late. (stay out意为“不回家,呆在户外”。)

③ I stayed up very late last night. (stay up意为“不睡觉,熬夜”。)

④ You stay out of it. It’s none of your business. (stay out of sth. 意为“不参与某事,不插手某事”。)