| 释义 |
stanch
I. verb
also staunch \ˈstȯnch, -tän-, -tan-, -taa(ə)n-, -tain-, -tȧn-\
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English staunchen, stanchen, from Middle French estancher, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin stanticare, from Latin stant-, stans, present participle of stare to stand — more at stand
transitive verb
1. : to check or stop the flowing of
< charity … stanching the widow's tears — W.E.H.Lecky >
: stop the flow of blood from (a wound)
2. archaic
a. : allay, satisfy
b. : quench, extinguish
3.
a. : to stop or check in its course : put an end to
< have somewhat stanched the drain on gold and dollar reserves — Time >
b. : to make watertight : stop up
< stanch a leak in a ship >
intransitive verb
archaic : to cease flowing or bleeding
II. noun
also staunch \“\
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English staunch, from staunchen to stanch
1. obsolete : something that stops or allays
2. : a floodgate to accumulate water for flashing a boat over a shallow in a stream
< we have to have daylight to run the Thames stanches — C.S.Forester >
III.
variant of staunch |