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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• Thus far, investors in Muni bonds have seemed relatively relaxed about the pension risks, since they assumed that any crunch would be staved off for several years; but if regulatory scrutiny rises, that may be complacent.
  目前为止，市政债券的投资者对于退休金风险似乎仍相对放心，因为在他们看来，近几年之内不会发生任何危险；但如果监管部门加大检查力度，这或许将成为一种自满。
• They staved off a wolf last night.
  昨晚他们赶走了一只狼。
• 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。
• 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。