mainstay
英 ['meɪnsteɪ]
美['menste]
- n. 支柱；中流砥柱；主要的依靠；主桅支索
词态变化
复数: mainstays;
中文词源
mainstay 支柱
main,主要的，stay,支撑，维持。比喻用法。
英文词源
- mainstay (n.)
- "chief support," 1787, figurative use of a nautical noun meaning "stay which extends from the main-top to the foot of the foremast" (late 15c.), from main (adj.) + stay (n.).
双语例句
- 1. Cocoa is the country's economic mainstay.
- 可可是这个国家的经济支柱。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Agriculture is still the mainstay of the country's economy.
- 农业仍然是这个国家经济的主要支柱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. After the father's death the son became the mainstay of the family.
- 父亲死后,儿子就成了这个家庭的主心骨.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. They were the mainstay in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
- 他们是抗日战争的中流砥柱.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
- 这一集体谈判原则已经成为该国劳动关系的重要基础。
来自柯林斯例句