stave
美音:
[steıv
]英音:
[steıv
]n.狭板,梯级,棍棒,诗句 vt.击穿,弄破,避开,压扁,延缓 vi.穿孔,破碎
难易程度:
stave为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:staved/stove 过去分词:staved/stove 现在分词:staving 第三人称单数:staves
stave
/steɪv; stev/
n
1 any of the curved pieces of wood forming the side of a barrel or tub 桶板, 桶材(用作木桶或木盆边的弧形木板).
2 (music 音) = staff 5.
/steɪv; stev/
v (pt, pp staved or stove / stEUv; stov/) (phr v) stave sth in break, smash, or make a hole in sth 打破、砸破或击穿某物; 在某物上凿孔
*The side of the boat was staved in by the collision. 船侧撞穿了.
* The victim's skull had been stove in by a heavy instrument. 遇害者的头颅是用重物击穿的. stave sth off (pt, pp ~d) keep sth off or away; delay sth, esp temporarily 挡开或避开某事物; 延迟某事物(尤指暂时)
*stave off disaster, danger, bankruptcy, the pangs of hunger 避开灾难、躲过危险、防止破产、延迟饥饿的折磨.