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

• Once we caught him dozing off in class. A nap will stave off fatigue.
  有一次我们发现他在上课时打盹。打个盹会消除疲乏。
• Many investors do not think it goes far enough to stave off a recession.
  很多投资者认为，该计划的实施力度不足以避免经济衰退。
• To stave off recession, the Federal Reserve loosened monetary policy.
  为了防止经济衰退，美联储放松了货币政策。
• She tried to stave off further awkward questions.
  她竭力避开更尴尬的问题。
• 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。
• It was impossible to stave off disaster.
  想避免灾难是不可能的。
• 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。
• 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。
• But this no longer seems enough to stave off some sort of crisis.
  但这么做似乎已不足以避免某种危机的到来。
• In Fenghua, government officials are trying to stave off a default by a local developer.
  在奉化，当地政府官员正在试图避免一家本地开发商出现债务违约。