英 [steɪv] 美 [steɪv]
n. (桶边上呈弧形的)桶板,侧板;棍,木柱;五线谱;诗节,诗句
v. 压坏,击穿(stave sth. in);挡开,延缓(stave sth. off)
【名】 (Stave)(美、挪、丹)斯特夫(人名)
复数staves
第三人称单数staves
现在分词staving
过去式staved或stove
过去分词staved或stove
stave /steɪv/ [ staving staved staves ]
可数名词 A stave is a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon. (尤指用作武器的)棍; 棒
Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron.
很多男人用棍棒和铁器将自己武装起来。
可数名词 A stave is the five lines that music is written on. 五线谱
五线谱
狭板
狭板;梯级横木
桶板
破碎;穿孔
We'll never be able to stop beach erosion, we can only stave it off.
我们永远都不能阻止海滩被侵蚀,我们只能暂缓其发生。
There's no sense of straining to stay awake or to stave off sleep.
并没有那种持续的竭力保持清醒,从而延缓睡觉的感觉,我根本就没有睡意。
It won't be pretty, but it could stave off some much uglier alternatives.
这种做法不见得漂亮,但可以避免一些非常讨厌的选择。
After receiving more than $180 billion in emergency federal assistance to stave off collapse, AIG recently gave top employees bonuses totaling $165 million - even as the company reported the biggest quarterly loss in U.S.corporate history.
VOA : standard.2009.03.24
The period devoted to outdoor activities, which are thought to help stave off shortsightedness?
In reaction, they are building their proprietary trading capabilities to stave off the exodus of talent.
Second, we need to pull our energy and resources to stave off the climate catastrophe.