stay home

stay home — 片語動詞

  • 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

1.片語動詞A2
釋義

在家；不出門

留在住處，不外出參加活動

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.

例句

Mei-Lin felt tired after work, so she decided to stay home and read a novel.

Mei-Lin 下班後覺得很累，於是決定待在家裡看小說。

stay home + [reason/decision to rest]

The Nguyen family usually stays home on Sunday evenings and cooks dinner together.

Nguyen 一家通常在週日晚上待在家，一起煮晚餐。

subject + stay home + time phrase

常見搭配
  • stay home from
  • stay home with
  • stay home and
  • decide to stay home
同義詞
  • 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.

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

I stayed home my son.
I stayed home with my son.
'stay home' is intransitive; you cannot put a direct object after it. Add a preposition like 'with' before mentioning a person.
We stayed home for watching TV all day.
We stayed home and watched TV all day.
Use 'and + verb', not 'for + gerund', to describe the activity done at home.