| 释义 |
staff1 /stäf/ noun- A stick carried in the hand
- A prop or support
- A long piece of wood
- A pole
- A flagstaff
- A long handle
- A stick or ensign of authority
- A token authorizing an engine-driver to proceed along a section of single-track railway
- A set of lines and spaces on which music is written or printed
- A stanza
- (in a watch or clock) the spindle of a balance wheel (these meanings have pl staffs or staves /stāvz/; see also stave)
- A body of officers who help a commanding officer, or perform special duties
- A body of people employed in an establishment, usu on management, administration, clerical, etc work as distinct from manual
- The body of teachers or lecturers in a school, college, university, etc (these three meanings have pl staffs /stäfs/)
adjective (or in combination)- Belonging or attached to the staff
- Applied also to officers on the staff of a commanding officer, at central headquarters, etc
transitive verb To provide with a staff ORIGIN: OE stæf, ON stafr, Ger Stab staffˈer noun - A member of the permanent staff of a business, etc, usu as opposed to temporary or casual employees
- A member of the editorial staff of a newspaper (press)
staff college noun (military) A college that trains officers for staff appointments staff corps noun (military) - A body of officers and men assisting a commanding officer and his or her staff
- Formerly, a body that supplied officers to the Indian Army
staff duty noun (military) The occupation of an officer who serves on a staff, having been detached from his or her regiment staff notation noun Musical notation in which a staff is used, as opposed to the tonic sol-fa system staff nurse noun A nurse immediately below a sister in rank staff officer noun (military) An executive officer serving on a staff staff of life noun Staple food, esp bread staffˈroom noun A room for the use of the staff, as of a school staff sergeant noun (military) A non-commissioned officer ranking above a sergeant and below a warrant officer staff surgeon noun - A navy surgeon of senior grade
- An army surgeon on the staff of a hospital, not with his or her regiment
staffˈ-sysˈtem noun A block-system that uses a staff staffˈ-tree noun Any of various American shrubs and climbing plants of the family Celastraceae (staffˈ-tree family) incl bittersweet and burning bush stave /stāv/ noun- One of the strips of wood of which a barrel or tub is made
- A staff, rod, bar, shaft, esp wooden, as the rung of a ladder
- A staff (music)
- A stanza, verse of a song
transitive verb (pat and pap staved or stove)- To break a stave or the staves of (a boat or barrel; with in)
- To break
- To burst inward (with in)
- To drive off, as with a staff
- To delay, ward off or keep back (with off)
- To put together, repair or fit with staves
- To sprain, jar violently (fingers, toes, etc) (Scot)
intransitive verb- To thrust onward (Scot)
- To break up
ORIGIN: By-form of staff1 |