staved

英 [steɪvd]

美 [steɪvd]

v.  延缓;压扁;在…上打洞; 破碎;穿孔
stave的过去分词和过去式

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

双语例句

• Famine also was staved off for some time.
  饥荒也曾经被驱除。
• The lost camper staved off death from hunger by eating birds eggs.
  迷途的露营者食鸟蛋以免饿死。
• It is now considered a cure if a cancer in a middle-aged or older person is staved off for a decade or so.
  现在正是我们来考虑中老年人中一种癌症能否被阻挡10年左右的疗法。
• Privco also claimed that the round was "emergency" round of funding that staved off imminent bankruptcy.
  PrivCo还称，这是一轮“紧急”融资目的是让LivingSocial避免立即破产的命运。
• The side of the boat had been staved in.
  那艘船的侧面已被凿穿了。
• The Malthusian crash was staved off in the 19th century by bringing more land under the plough-in North America, Argentina and Australia especially.
  19世纪的北美洲，人们通过开垦更多的土地避免了马尔萨斯危机的到来。
• The accident staved in several ribs of him.
  这起事故压断了他几根肋骨。
• Thus far, investors in Muni bonds have seemed relatively relaxed about the pension risks, since they assumed that any crunch would be staved off for several years; but if regulatory scrutiny rises, that may be complacent.
  目前为止，市政债券的投资者对于退休金风险似乎仍相对放心，因为在他们看来，近几年之内不会发生任何危险；但如果监管部门加大检查力度，这或许将成为一种自满。
• A generous review of the story is that Mr Obama staved off default while positioning himself in the coveted centre of politics from where elections are won.
  整个事件可大致总结为奥巴马先生消除了违约问题，同时还让自己从选举获胜的地方出来进入了人人虎视眈眈的政治中心。
• They staved off a wolf last night.
  昨晚他们赶走了一只狼。