mainstay  /m'enst,e/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  mainstay
  支柱,中流砥柱

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Mainstay \Main"stay`\, n.
     1. (Naut.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast
        to the maintop.
  
     2. Main support; principal dependence.
  
              The great mainstay of the Church.     --Buckle.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  mainstay
       n 1: a prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community"
            [syn: {pillar}]
       2: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith
          is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the
          ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"
          [syn: {anchor}, {keystone}, {backbone}, {linchpin}, {lynchpin}]
       3: the forestay that braces the mainmast