steady

steady
[ʼstedi] adj
1) (stable) fest, stabil;
the doctors are now letting her get out of bed, but she's not yet \steady on her legs die Ärzte lassen sie jetzt aufstehen, aber sie ist noch etwas wack[e]lig auf den Beinen;
\steady employment/job feste Anstellung [o Arbeit] /Stelle;
\steady relationship feste Beziehung;
\steady temperature gleich bleibende Temperatur
2) (regular) kontinuierlich, gleich bleibend;
progress has been slow but \steady es ging langsam, aber stetig voran;
\steady breathing/pulse regelmäßiges Atmen/regelmäßiger Puls;
\steady flow regelmäßiger Fluss;
\steady increase/decrease stetige Zunahme/Abnahme;
\steady rain anhaltender Regen;
\steady speed konstante Geschwindigkeit
3) (not wavering) fest;
he gave her a \steady look er sah sie unverwandt an;
\steady ache [or pain] andauernder [o permanenter] Schmerz;
\steady hand ruhige Hand;
\steady voice feste Stimme
4) (calm and dependable) verlässlich, solide;
\steady nerves starke Nerven
5) (regular) regelmäßig;
\steady client [or customer] Stammkunde, -in m, f;
\steady patron Mäzen(in) m(f), Gönner(in) m(f);
\steady beau (Am) ständiger Begleiter;
\steady boyfriend/girlfriend fester Freund/feste Freundin vt <-ie->
1) (stabilize)
to \steady sth/sb etw/jdn stabilisieren;
Mike used to be really wild, but marriage and fatherhood have steadied him Mike war immer ziemlich verrückt, aber Ehe und Vaterschaft haben ihn ausgeglichener gemacht;
to \steady oneself ins Gleichgewicht kommen, Halt finden;
to \steady the ladder die Leiter festhalten
2) (make calm)
to \steady one's aim sein Ziel fixieren;
to \steady one's nerves seine Nerven beruhigen adv
1) (still)
to hold \steady prices stabil bleiben;
to hold sth \steady etw festhalten
2) (Brit) (be sparing)
to go \steady on sth mit etw dat sparsam umgehen [o vorsichtig sein];
I'd like a gin and tonic, please, and go \steady on the ice ich hätte gerne einen Gin Tonic, aber bitte mit wenig Eis
3) naut, transp (on course) auf Kurs;
keep her \steady as she goes! halte sie auf Kurs!
4) (dated: have regular boyfriend, girlfriend)
to go \steady with sb fest mit jdm gehen (fam) interj
(warning) sachte!;
\steady on! (Brit) halt! n (dated) (fam) fester Freund/feste Freundin, Liebste(r) f(m) veraltet

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