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

• 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。
• The lost camper staved off death from hunger by eating birds eggs.
  迷途的露营者食鸟蛋以免饿死。
• The car was staved in at both ends during the accident.
  在这起事故中小车的首尾都给撞坏了。
• 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。
• The EU says its naval force's main mission is to protect freighters carrying the food aid on which Somalis have depended for the past five years, and has thus staved off a full-blown famine.
  欧盟称其海军力量的首要任务是保护运送救助粮食的货船，得益于这些救助粮食，索马里人民才能在过去五年里生存下来，并消除了大规模的饥荒。
• 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。
• Privco also claimed that the round was "emergency" round of funding that staved off imminent bankruptcy.
  PrivCo还称，这是一轮“紧急”融资目的是让LivingSocial避免立即破产的命运。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。