stay home
stay home — phrasal verb
- stay homebase form
- stays home3rd person singular
- staying home-ing form
- stayed homepast simple
1. to decide to remain in your house or flat rather than going out to take part in
to decide to remain in your house or flat rather than going out to take part in social events, errands, or other activities away from home.
Mei-Lin felt tired after work, so she decided to stay home and read a novel.
stay home + [reason/decision to rest]
The Nguyen family usually stays home on Sunday evenings and cooks dinner together.
subject + stay home + time phrase
When a big storm hit the coast, many office workers were told to stay home.
Omar stayed home with his daughter because she had a fever and needed rest.
- stay in
more common in British English; sounds slightly more casual than 'stay home'.
- remain at home
more formal; used in official contexts or written notices.
- hunker down
informal; implies staying home for safety during a storm, crisis, or intense period of work.
- go out
the direct opposite — to leave home for social or practical purposes.
文法句型
stay + home (without preposition)
stay + at + home (with preposition)
用法筆記
Commonly used without a preposition (stay home) in both British and American English, though 'stay at home' is also correct and more frequent in British writing. The phrase is intransitive — it does not take a direct object.