mainstay
英 ['meɪnsteɪ]
美['menste]
- n. 支柱；中流砥柱；主要的依靠；主桅支索
英英释意
- 1. a prominent supporter;
- "he is a pillar of the community"
- 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"
- 3. the forestay that braces the mainmast