stave

英 [steɪv]

美 [steɪv]

n.  棍; 棒; 木柱; 五线谱
v.  延缓;压扁;在…上打洞; 破碎;穿孔

过去分词：staved　现在分词：staving　过去式：staved　复数：staves　第三人称单数：staves　

Collins.1 / BNC.18430 / COCA.13673

短语动词

短语用例

stave sth↔in

• 使向内塌陷；压凹；撞破
  to break or damage sth by pushing it or hitting it from the outside
  1. fence staves
     篱笆桩

stave sth↔off

• 暂时挡住（坏事）；延缓，推迟（某事物）
  to prevent sth bad from affecting you for a period of time; to delay sth

牛津词典

noun

• 棍；棒；木柱
  a strong stick or pole
  1. fence staves
     篱笆桩
• 五线谱
  a set of five lines on which music is written

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指用作武器的)棍，棒，杖
  Astaveis a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon.
  1. Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron.
     很多人用棍棒和铁器将自己武装起来。
• 五线谱
  Astaveis the five lines that music is written on.

in AM, use 美国英语用 staff

英英释义

noun

• a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
  Synonym:runground
• one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
  Synonym:lag
• (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
  Synonym:staff

verb

• burst or force (a hole) into something
  Synonym:stave in
• furnish with staves
  1. stave a ladder

双语例句

• WASHINGTON ( Reuters)-Good news for aging hippies: smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
  华盛顿（路透社）-对那些老龄的嬉皮士是个好消息，吸食大麻可能延缓老年痴呆的病程。
• But three economists said the numbers confirmed Chinese banks implemented rollovers on a huge scale to stave off defaults.
  但是，三名经济学家表示，这些数字证实中国各银行实施了巨大规模的滚转操作，以避免面对违约。
• Many people switch on the television simply to stave off boredom over the Christmas break
  很多人打开电视仅仅是为了打发圣诞节休息期间的无聊时光而已。
• Unobstructed access for humanitarian assistance is critical to stave off needless death and suffering.
  畅通无阻地提供人道主义援助对于避免不必要的死亡和痛苦至关重要。
• The first priority of the rebels-turned-rulers must be physical security to stave off anarchy and looting.
  从反政府武装转型来的统治者们的首要任务就是确保人身安全，防止混乱和劫掠。
• But the reality of discovery was a different matter, and he did all he could to stave it off.
  但所发现的实际情况完全是另一回事，所以他只好尽自己所能暂缓其发生。
• It was impossible to stave off disaster.
  想避免灾难是不可能的。
• The thermal test system of cooling stave was designed and established to put up the industrial experiment of the heat transfer for the cast steel cooling stave and ductile iron cooling stave.
  设计并建造了冷却壁热态试验系统，对铸钢冷却壁和球墨铸铁冷却壁的换热效果进行了工业模拟试验。
• They want to stave off any attempt to intervene.
  他们想要防止任何进行干涉的企图。
• In a desperate attempt to stave off defeat, he reluctantly promised wholesale reform of the constitution
  为了竭力避免败局，他勉强答应要对宪法进行大规模修改。