English-Thai Dictionary

mainstay

N คน หรือ สิ่ง ที่ เป็น หลักสำคัญ  หัวเรี่ยวหัวแรง  หลักสำคัญ  linchpin pillar kon-rue-sing-ti-pen-lak-sam-kan

 

mainstay

N เชือก เส้นใหญ่ ที่ โยง กับ เสา ซึ่ง อยู่ ท้าย หรือ กลาง เรือ  forestay chueak-sen-yai-ti-yong-kab-sao-sueng-yu-tai-rue-klang-ruea

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MAINSTAY

MAINSTAY Main "stay `, n.

 

1. (Naut. )

 

Defn: The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.

 

2. Main support; principal dependence. The great mainstay of the Church. Buckle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mainstay

main stay |ˈmānˌstā ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ | ▶noun 1 a stay that extends from the maintop to the foot of the foremast of a sailing ship. 2 a thing on which something else is based or depends: farming is the mainstay of the rural economy.

 

Oxford Dictionary

mainstay

main |stay |ˈmeɪnsteɪ | ▶noun a stay which extends from the maintop to the foot of the foremast of a sailing ship. • someone or something on which something else is based or relies: whitefish are the mainstay of the local industry.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mainstay

mainstay noun agriculture is the mainstay of their economy: central component, central figure, centerpiece, prop, linchpin, cornerstone, pillar, bulwark, buttress, chief support, backbone, anchor, foundation, base, staple.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mainstay

mainstay noun 1 agriculture was the mainstay of the economy: central component, centrepiece, prop, linchpin, cornerstone, pillar, bulwark, buttress, chief support, backbone, anchor, foundation, base, bastion. 2 he is the mainstay of the Arsenal defence: tower of strength, key player, sinew, right-hand man /woman, right arm, Atlas.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mainstay

m á in st à y 名詞 複 ～s 〖通例the /a ～〗主力, 頼みの綱, 支柱, 大黒柱 .