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 side of the car was staved in from the accident.
  在事故中汽车的侧面被撞得凹了进去。
• The frail Chen staved off hunger by drinking water.
  身形瘦弱的她有时只能喝水止饥。
• For four years medical science staved off any general epidemic;
  4年来，医学击退了任何普通的流行病；
• 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。
• Famine also was staved off for some time.
  饥荒也曾经被驱除。
• 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。
• They staved off a wolf last night.
  昨晚他们赶走了一只狼。
• It was the bread, potatoes, meat and hot floury puddings which staved off exhaustion.
  吃面包、土豆、肉和热米粉布丁能够驱除疲劳。
• 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。