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

• The frail Chen staved off hunger by drinking water.
  身形瘦弱的她有时只能喝水止饥。
• 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。
• The side of the boat had been staved in.
  那艘船的侧面已被凿穿了。
• 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 state-backed recapitalisation of banks on both sides of the Atlantic has staved off a systemic collapse of confidence.
  大西洋两岸的银行在政府支持下重新调整资本结构，避免了系统性的信心崩溃。
• Researchers cautioned, however, that the studies were small and intended to assess whether the drugs lowered the bad cholesterol and were safe, not whether they staved off heart attacks.
  但是，研究人员警告说，上述研究规模较小，且研究目的是评估这些药物的安全性以及它们能否降低坏胆固醇，而不是它们能否避免心肌梗死。
• 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。
• 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。
• Famine also was staved off for some time.
  饥荒也曾经被驱除。
• The front of the car was staved in where it had hit the post.
  汽车头部撞上灯柱的地方被撞瘪了。