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

• 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 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。
• Famine also was staved off for some time.
  饥荒也曾经被驱除。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。