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staunch

adjective

🔊/stɔːntʃ/

🔊/stɔːntʃ/

(comparative stauncher, superlative staunchest)

You can also use more staunch and most staunch.

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always showing strong support in your opinions and attitude 忠实的；坚定的synonym faithful
- a staunch supporter of the monarchy坚定地拥护君主制的人
- one of the president’s staunchest allies总统最忠实的盟友之一
- a staunch Catholic笃信天主教的教徒
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Staunch is used with these nouns:
advocate
ally
believer
…
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Word Originadjective and adverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘watertight’): from Old French estanche, feminine of estanc, from a Romance base meaning ‘dried up, weary’. The current sense dates from the early 17th cent.

staunch

verb

🔊/stɔːntʃ/

🔊/stɔːntʃ/

(also stanch especially in North American English)

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they staunch	🔊/stɔːntʃ/ 🔊/stɔːntʃ/
he / she / it staunches	🔊/ˈstɔːntʃɪz/ 🔊/ˈstɔːntʃɪz/
past simple staunched	🔊/stɔːntʃt/ 🔊/stɔːntʃt/
past participle staunched	🔊/stɔːntʃt/ 🔊/stɔːntʃt/
-ing form staunching	🔊/ˈstɔːntʃɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈstɔːntʃɪŋ/

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staunch something to stop the flow of something, especially blood止住（血等的）流出
- Customs officers are struggling to staunch the flow of illegal imports.海关官员正在努力遏制非法进口的流动。
- He bound his thigh firmly to staunch the flow of blood.他用力地绑住大腿，以止血。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Staunch is used with these nouns as the object:
bleeding
flow
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Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French estanchier, from the base of the adjective staunch.