if ( ••• ) EDO WITHSTAND: The
carpet is designed to stand up to a lot of wear and tear.
a noun
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OPINION Xjif ,','i 1 [usually sing.] ~ (on sth)
an attitude
towards sth or an opinion
that you make clear to people^®; M&: to take a firm
stand on sth
itM 0 He was criticized for
his tough stand on immigration.
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DEFENCE fti ]J. 2 [usually sing.] a
strong effort to defend
yourself or your opinion about
sth f£II2; if JG.; ;
iUiirL: We must make a
stand against further job losses.
Kilta-^fcMo 0 the rebels’
desperate last stand
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FOR SHOWING/HOLDING STH Ig
7 ; ft; % 3
a table or a
vertical structure that goods
are sold from, especially in the street or at a market ffiW; fr1#^
H771 stall- a hamburger/newspaper stand — see
also news-stand 4 (especially BrE)
a table or a vertical structure where things are displayed or advertised, for
example at an exhibition ( nftfJ )
n , # ft/.: a
display/an exhibition/a trade stand H Hr, M ^ n 5 (often
in compounds 'f' fa M 'n i*l) a piece of equipment or furniture
that you use for holding a particular type of thing a bicycle/
microphone/cake, etc. stand
US, — picture c> bicycle, laboratory — see
also HATSTAND, MUSIC
STAND, NIGHTSTAND, WASH- STAND
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AT SPORTS GROUND 6 a large sloping structure at
a stadium with rows where people sit or
stand to watch the game W ^ — see also grandstand
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IN COURT AH 7 [usually sing.] = WITNESS
BOX: He took the stand as the first witness. #,H—
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IN CRICKET i.|8 [usually sing.] the period of time in
which two people who are batting (= hitting the ball)
play together and score points M'ft®
A SE : Clinch and Harris shared an opening
stand of 69. MSfrW&S^M, tfc
£t#69 #o
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FOR BAND/ORCHESTRA,
ETC. 3c n[»| 77X^ 9 a raised
SYNONYMS
stand
get up ♦ stand
up ♦ rise ♦ get to your feet ♦ be on your feet
These words all mean to be in an upright position with your weight on
your feet, or to put yourself in this position. IE*,
M&5ft£Ao
stand to be in an upright position with your
weight on your feet fLZ: She was too weak to
stand. M
o Stand still when I’m talking to
you! mmim, CEDI stand is usually
used with an adverb or prepositional phrase to show where or how sb
stands, but sometimes another phrase or clause is used to show what sb does
while they are standing. * stand
m
Mir : We stood talking for a few
minutes.
mt&Thifrtyc o He stood and looked out to sea.
get up to get into a standing position from a
sitting, kneeling or lying position 5ft: Please don’t get up! if
A^M®5ft! stand up to be in a standing
position; to stand after sitting JbMa£>
Stand
up straight! ZiEl o Everyone would stand up when the
teacher entered the classroom.
STAND,
GET UP
OR STAND
UP?
ft stand, get up stand up ?
Stand usually means ‘to be in a standing position’ but can also mean ‘to get
into a standing position’. Stand up can be used with either of these meanings,
but its use is
1963
platform for a band, an orchestra,
a speaker, etc.
( ■)■$*&, (95 a , 6 — see also
BANDSTAND
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FOR TAXIS/BUSES, ETC. ,‘HffH . A A 10 a place
where taxis, buses, etc. park while they are waiting for passengers M— compare taxi rank
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OF PLANTS/TREES ft] 11 ~ (of sth) (technical Ai£) a
group of plants or trees of one kind # -.
a stand of
pines
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OF LAND ftl 12 (SAfrE) a piece of land that you can
buy and use for building a house, etc. on (
ftfj ) ffe Jf£ , : A developer bought the land and
divided it into stands.
-JffcMSZT M &L J& o — see also handstand, one-night stand IT»!71 see firm adj.
'stand-alone adj. [usually before noun] (especially of a computer
Att4tl£#l) able to be operated on its own without being connected to a larger
system
Stand
ard Ow /'staendad;
NAmE-dard/ noun, adj.
mnoun
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LEVEL OF QUALITY 1 [C,
U] ~ (of sth) a level of
quality, especially one that people think is acceptable
( Aft ft ) Wiit, zKY-, M : a fall in academic
standards ^ 7ft 7ft JH ”F#
<> VVe aim to maintain high standards of customer care. {H ^ !i
IIM£1595 Ip ?f£ <> The standard of this year’s
applications is very low. 0
He
failed to reach the
required standard, and did not qualify
for the race. ftfe
0 Her
work is not up to standard (= of a good enough standard).
for water quality? 7jC|fr
iH
& it 5ftt!j it
?
0 A
number of
the shanty towns there
are very poor living standards. ffl f3 K W 7 ts 7jc
7- fli is o
— see also standard of living, substandard 2 [C, usually pi.] a level of quality that is
normal or acceptable for a particular person or in a particular situation IE #
(ft 7k -f-; J& 5* £i] W fc it: You’d better lower your standards if you want to find
more restricted: it is
used especially when sb tells sb or a group of people to stand, or when sb has to stand up (for example, because
there is nowhere to sit). Get up is the most frequent
way of saying ‘get into a standing position’, and this can be from a sitting,
kneeling or lying position; if you stand up, this is nearly always
after sitting, especially on a chair. * stand MSl
ZX, -»^M&3ft, &%ZXo stand up
j&fta*AK#te* ( ) c getupji
m\ Stand up
^AMfeft: / stood up from the grass. If you want to
tell sb politely that they
do not need to move from their chair, use get up.
»£-5ft> ft) get up: Please don’t stand up! rise (formal) to get into a
standing position from a sitting, kneeling or lying position ^M^5ft: Would you all rise, please,
to welcome our visiting speaker. i#AMUZ,
get to your feet to stand up after
sitting, kneeling or lying , 5&AI$AME5ft: / helped her to get to her feet.
be on your feet to be standing up W; I’ve been on my feet all
day. B 7 Aa
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
■
to get up/stand up/rise from sth
■
to stand/get up/stand up/rise/get to your
feet quickly/
slowly
to stand/stand up straight