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 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。
• In all three cases, kicking the can down the road has staved off disaster so far, but the cans are getting bigger and heavier.
  到目前为止，这三个情况仍然把问题如汽水罐一样踢开。但这个罐已经越滚越大。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• They staved off a wolf last night.
  昨晚他们赶走了一只狼。
• A generous review of the story is that Mr Obama staved off default while positioning himself in the coveted centre of politics from where elections are won.
  整个事件可大致总结为奥巴马先生消除了违约问题，同时还让自己从选举获胜的地方出来进入了人人虎视眈眈的政治中心。
• The accident staved in several ribs of him.
  这起事故压断了他几根肋骨。
• 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。