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

• 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。
• Famine also was staved off for some time.
  饥荒也曾经被驱除。
• 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。
• Credit markets have been swift to pass judgment and people there believe that emergency government actions around the world have staved off financial Armageddon.
  信贷市场迅速作出判断，参与者们认为，各国政府采取的紧急行动已成功阻止“金融末日”的来临。
• For four years medical science staved off any general epidemic;
  4年来，医学击退了任何普通的流行病；
• The front of the car was staved in where it had hit the post.
  汽车头部撞上灯柱的地方被撞瘪了。
• Repeated batterings on the rocks had staved in one side of the boat. I was excited; I read it over and saw that there was a yawning void in it.
  接二连三的撞击礁石使船的一边撞了一个洞。我很兴奋，我从头读了一遍，觉得里边很空洞。
• They staved off a wolf last night.
  昨晚他们赶走了一只狼。
• The jet lag's really hit me this time. I staved off jet lag with a bath and an early night.
  这次飞行时差反应真厉害。我洗了个澡又提前睡下，免除飞行时差的反应。
• People staved on the top floor of the inn, while tea and rice were sold on the ground floor.
  这店楼上住人，楼下卖茶带饭。