transcription, транскрипция: [ stɔ:ntʃ ]
( stauncher, staunchest, staunches, staunching, staunched)
1.
A staunch supporter or believer is very loyal to a person, organization, or set of beliefs, and supports them strongly.
He’s a staunch supporter of controls on government spending.
= steadfast
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• staunch‧ly
He was staunchly opposed to a public confession.
ADV
2.
To staunch the flow of something means to stop it. ( FORMAL )
The government claims this is the only way to staunch the annual flow to Germany of hundreds of thousands of refugees...
VERB : V n
3.
To staunch a wound, or to staunch the blood from a wound, means to stop the wound from bleeding. ( FORMAL )
Tom tried to staunch the blood with his handkerchief.
VERB : V n