stave
英 [ste?v]
美[stev]
- n. 狹板；梯級；詩句；五線譜表
- vt. 延緩；擊穿；鑿孔于；壓扁
- vi. 破碎；穿孔
- n. (Stave)人名；(德)施塔弗；(英、瑞典)斯特夫
低頻詞基本詞匯
中文詞源
stave 棍，棒，柱，樁
回構自 staves,棍，棒，來自 staff 的復數形式。比較 knife,knives.
英文詞源
- stave (n.)
- "piece of a barrel," 1750, back-formation from staves (late 14c.), plural of staff, with the usual change of medial -f- to -v- (compare leaves/leaf). The plural form possibly was in Old English but not recorded there.
- stave (v.)
- 1540s, "to fit with staves," from stave (n.). The meaning "break into staves" is from 1590s (with in from 1748, chiefly nautical, on notion of bashing in the staves of a cask). Past tense stove. Stave off (1620s), however, is literally "keep off with a staff," as of one beset by wolves or dogs. Related: Staved; staving.
雙語例句
- 1. He is utterly ignorant of staff [ stave ] .
- 他對 五線譜 一竅不通.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Many people switch on the television simply to stave off boredom over the Christmas break.
- 很多人打開電視僅僅是為了打發圣誕節休息期間的無聊時光而已。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In a desperate attempt to stave off defeat, he reluctantly promised wholesale reform of the constitution.
- 為了竭力避免敗局，他勉強答應要對憲法進行大規模修改。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. But the reality of discovery was a different matter, and he did all he could to stave it off.
- 但所發現的實際情況完全是另一回事，所以他只好盡自己所能暫緩其發生。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. To stave off disaster we could look only to them.
- 要阻擋災難來臨,我們只能指望他們了.
來自辭典例句