stead

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 stěd

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
    — She was so wretched and so vehement, complained so much of injustice in being expected to go away instead of Anne; Anne, who was nothing to Louisa, while she was her sister, and had the best right to stay in Henrietta's stead!
  2. One's partner in a romantic relationship. Singapore,colloquial
    — C'mon lah!! Wake up.. Y R U stupid girls so CHEAP!! Imagine a baby making out with an adult! Want to have stead,.. Go find 1 16yr old rich kid lah!! At for let those men take advantage!! Remember Men CANNOT be Trusted!! Boys maybe can.
  3. A place as it relates to a role, service, or ability; capacity. figuratively
    — One may not expect to entirely stop the oncoming energy but the outgoing stands in a different stead, for in this a certain amount of ruling is possible by the native.
  4. A relational or circumstantial position; standing. figuratively,uncountable
    — Though small and delicate-looking, she gave an impression of intense earnestness and latent toughness, qualities that stood her in good stead when she dared to challenge the most intrusive communist society in eastern Europe.
  5. A place as it relates to situation, circumstance, or status; condition. countable,figuratively
    — Anthropology in India started in a different stead than what was the situation of its emergence in other countries.
  6. A place, or spot, in general; location. archaic,literary
    — For he ne wonneth in one certaine stead, / But restlesse walketh all the world around[…].
  7. A place where a person normally rests; a seat. obsolete
    — There now the hart, fearlesse of greyhound, feeds, / And loving pelican in safety breeds; / There shrieking satyres fill the people's emptie steads.
  8. An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc. obsolete
  9. An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead. archaic
    — But of course I could not do this by myself, so I took a Hottentot—a very clever man when he was not drunk—who lived on the stead, into my confidence.
  10. The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead. obsolete
    — The genial bed / Sallow the feet, the borders, and the stead.
动词 v.
  1. To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful. obsolete
    — May you stead me? will you pleasure me? shall I know your answer?
  2. To fill the stead or place of something. obsolete

词形变化

steads plural steads present,singular,third-person steading participle,present steaded participle,past steaded past steads plural

词汇关系

衍生词
abbeystead Banstead bedstead birthstead cheapstead covenstead doorstead dungstead farmstead girdlestead gravestead headstead hearthstead homestead in good stead in one's stead instead instead of in the stead of marketstead merestead middenstead millstead noonstead onstead playstead pondstead ranchstead roadstead steadfast sunstead Thingstead wallstead workstead bestead

词源

词源 1
From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, location”). Doublet of stad.
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Scots steid (“location, place”), North Frisian Stair, Stat, steed, stää (“city, town; place, stead”), Saterland Frisian Steede (“place, stead”), Stääd (“city, town”), West Frisian stêd (“city, town”), Bavarian Stådt (“city, town”), Dutch stad, stede (“city, town”), German Stadt (“city, town”), Statt (“abode, place, stead”), Stätte (“place, spot, venue”), German Low German Stee (“location, place”), Luxembourgish Stad (“city, town”), Vilamovian śtaod (“city, town”), Yiddish שטאָט (shtot, “city, town”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål stad (“city, town”), sted (“place”), Faroese stað (“place”), staður (“location, place; town”), Icelandic staður (“location, place”), Norn sta (“domicile, farm”), Norwegian Nynorsk stad (“place; city, town”), Swedish stad, stadh, stedt (“city, town”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (staþs, “location, place”). See the doublet stasis.
词源 2
Clipping of steady.
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