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1. Oxford Dictionary

   mainstay

   • IPA[ˈmeɪnsteɪ]

   英式

   • n.
     a person or thing on which something else is based or depends；a stay that extends from the maintop to the foot of the foremast of a sailing ship.

   • noun: mainstay, plural noun: mainstays

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a person or thing on which something else is based or depends farming is the mainstay of the rural economy 同義詞 central component, centrepiece, prop, linchpin, cornerstone, ... 更多pillar, bulwark, buttress, chief support, backbone, anchor, foundation, base, bastion, tower of strength, key player, sinew, right-hand man/woman, right arm, Atlas
   • 2. a stay that extends from the maintop to the foot of the foremast of a sailing ship.
3. • 更多解釋

   mainstay

   • IPA[ˈmānˌstā]

   美式

   • n.
     a person or thing on which something else is based or depends: farming is the mainstay of the rural economy

   Oxford American Dictionary