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

stave off
1. 推迟；暂时避开

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

noun

verb

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

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

To stave off disaster we could look only to them.
要阻挡灾难来临，我们只能指望他们了。
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。
He is utterly ignorant of staff [ stave].
他对五线谱一窍不通。
When you plan to be out all day, bring along your own healthy snacks to stave off hunger.
如果你打算出去一整天，带上你自己的健康零食来抵御饥饿。
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。
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。
This will clean the blade, stave off rusting, and add weeks of shaving life.
这将会清洁刀片、防止生锈，延长几周使用寿命。
The elder brother never gained a stave, or raised his foot to mount one.
哥哥从来没有上升到上面的一个梯级或者抬起脚来攀登一下。
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。