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語源

Deverbal from stand by.

発音

• (noun): IPA: /ˈstændˌbaɪ/
• (verb): IPA: /ˈstænd ˈbaɪ/

名詞

standby (countable and uncountable, plural standbys)

1. A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).

   The troops were on standby in case of an attack.

   • 1958 August, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 523:

     In 1915, concurrent with the L.S.W.R. electrification, power was supplied from the Waterloo sub-station, and the old equipment held in reserve. Some generator sets were removed, and motor generators installed for standby lighting and other services.

2. A replacement kept on standby.
   • 1977 December 17, Harold Pickett, quoting Jim Ferguson, “New York, New York”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 6:

     During three weeks of the run, I was performing with walking pneumonia, but I had no choice other than to perform because we didn't have the budget for stand-bys.

3. (electronics) Sleep mode.
4. (travel) Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out.
5. Something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used.

   That recipe is an old standby, and she keeps the ingredients around in case of unexpected guests.

   • 2022 March 2, Erin Woo, Kevin Roose, “This Social Club Runs On Crypto Tokens and Vibes”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 22 March 2023:

     The restaurant, Hop Louie, was a Chinatown standby for decades before closing in 2016.

   • 2022 August 29, Julia Moskin, “It’s Not Just You — Blank Street Coffee Is Suddenly Inescapable”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 1 February 2023:

     Emerging from an Everyman Espresso shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn, last month, David Lieber, a customer, lamented what he saw as Blank Street’s targeting of a neighborhood standby.

同意語

• at the ready

派生語

• standby loan
• standby time

動詞

standby (third-person singular simple present standbys, present participle standbying, simple past and past participle standbyed)

1. (proscribed, nonstandard, operations) To wait briefly, as for additional communication by radio or telephone; alternative form of stand by.

   Standby while I check that for you.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:standby.

動詞

stand by (third-person singular simple present stands by, present participle standing by, simple past and past participle stood by)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.

   Synonyms: hang on, stay; see also Thesaurus:wait

   Please stand by for more instructions.

   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:

     It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. […] You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.”

2. (idiomatic, transitive) To remain loyal or faithful to.

   Synonyms: (UK, idiomatic) go to the wall for someone; keep faith; see also Thesaurus:keep faith

   Even though money is scarce sometimes, Ann stands by her decision to be a full-time mother.

   • 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times‎:

     [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.

3. (idiomatic, transitive) To support; to continue to support despite things being bad.

   Synonym: uphold

   They stood by us all along and it's awesome to see them out here to support us today.

4. (intransitive) To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.

   Synonyms: lallygag, waste time; see also Thesaurus:loiter

   I can't simply stand by and watch you ruin your life.

派生した語

• → Cebuano: estambay, tambay
• → Tagalog: istambay, tambay
  • → English: tambay

参考

参照

• “stand by”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

名詞

stand-by (countable and uncountable, plural stand-bys)

1. Alternative form of standby.
   • 1962 April, “Motive power miscellany: Eastern Region”, in Modern Railways, page 279:

     […] a "Britannia" Pacific, No. 70006, was kept as a stand-by at March.