英语词汇“stave”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	stave
释义	Trends of stave View usage for: stave (steɪv) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense staves, present participle staving, past tense, past participle staved 1. countable noun A stave is a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon. Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron. 2. countable noun A stave is the five lines that music is written on. [mainly British]regional note: in AM, use staff Phrasal verbs: See stave off stave in British English (steɪv) noun 1. any one of a number of long strips of wood joined together to form a barrel, bucket, boat hull, etc 2. any of various bars, slats, or rods, usually of wood, such as a rung of a ladder or a crosspiece bracing the legs of a chair 3. any stick, staff, etc 4. a stanza or verse of a poem 5. music a. British an individual group of five lines and four spaces used in staff notation b. another word for staff1 (sense 9) verbWord forms: staves, staving, staved or stove 6. (often foll by in) to break or crush (the staves of a boat, barrel, etc) or (of the staves of a boat) to be broken orcrushed 7. (transitive; usually foll by in) to burst or force (a hole in something) 8. (transitive) to provide (a ladder, chair, etc) with a stave or staves 9. (transitive) Scottish to sprain (a finger, toe, etc) Word origin C14: back formation from staves, plural of staff1 stave in American English (steɪv) noun 1. a. any of the thin, shaped strips of wood or metal, set edge to edge to form or strengthen the wall of a barrel, bucket, etc. b. any similar slat, bar, rung, stay, etc. 2. a stick or staff 3. a set of verses, or lines, of a song or poem; stanza 4. Music staff1 (sense 5) verb transitiveWord forms: staved or stove, ˈstaving 5. a. to puncture or smash, esp. by breaking in a stave or staves b. to beat as with a staff 6. to furnish with staves verb intransitive 7. to be or become stove in, as a boat; break up or in Idioms: stave in stave off Word origin ME, taken as sing. of staves, pl. of staf, staff1 Examples of 'stave' in a sentence stave The airline is pushing ahead with its own restructuring plan in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy. Times, Sunday Times (2007) They perch on the wires like notes on a stave of sheet music. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Listening to classical music can help stave off organ failure after a heart transplant. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Everyone has worked hard to stave off any threat of hosepipe bans. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Stoke have rejected an initial approach as they attempt to stave off relegation. The Sun (2009) He also looks to have the right character of team to stave off relegation. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He invested 2.5m of his own money to stave off bankruptcy three years ago. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Electricity imported from Ireland also helped to stave off the threat of power shortages. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But he could not stave off relegation from the Championship. The Sun (2015) Wear out his team by February and hope they have already amassed enough points to stave off relegation? Times, Sunday Times (2009) Villa are intent on making a long-term appointment rather than appointing a shortterm fix to stave off relegation. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He is understood to have offered his creditors a repayment plan in a last-ditch attempt to stave off bankruptcy. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The application was a final manoeuvre to stave off bankruptcy as the company suffered under the weight of its 6.2 billion debt. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The manager may have to do business in next month's transfer window if he is to stave off the threat of relegation. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Football chiefs rejected a Pompey plea to sell players outside the transfer window to help stave off the threat of administration last month. The Sun (2010) Yet this is far from certain and policymakers need to do more to stave off the threat of deflation, stagnation and financial instability. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Dublin finally bowed to the inevitable yesterday and said it DOES need a rescue package to stave off bankruptcy. The Sun (2010) It was, he said, necessary to help to stave off bankruptcy. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In an attempt to stave off a crisis, California has implemented some dramatic initiatives to conserve cash. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But this shock win gave City a huge lift in their quest to stave off relegation from the Championship. The Sun (2011) For the Baggies, it was a sixth successive defeat and yet another battle to stave off relegation is all that remains this season. Times, Sunday Times (2011) In other languages stave British English: stave NOUN A stave is a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon. Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron. American English: stave Brazilian Portuguese: pauta Chinese: 法杖 European Spanish: bastón French: gourdin German: Knüppel Italian: bastone Japanese: こん棒 Korean: 말뚝 European Portuguese: pauta Latin American Spanish: bastón
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