stave

noun

1. 棍；棒；木柱
   a strong stick or pole
   1. fence staves
      篱笆桩
2. 五线谱
   a set of five lines on which music is written

verb

verb

1. N-COUNT (尤指用作武器的)棍，棒，杖
   A stave is 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。
2. 五线谱
   A stave is the five lines that music is written on.

in AM, use 美国英语用 staff

1. Many people switch on the television simply to stave off boredom over the Christmas break
   很多人打开电视仅仅是为了打发圣诞节休息期间的无聊时光而已。
2. 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。
3. In a desperate attempt to stave off defeat, he reluctantly promised wholesale reform of the constitution
   为了竭力避免败局，他勉强答应要对宪法进行大规模修改。
4. But the reality of discovery was a different matter, and he did all he could to stave it off.
   但所发现的实际情况完全是另一回事，所以他只好尽自己所能暂缓其发生。
5. He is utterly ignorant of staff [ stave].
   他对五线谱一窍不通。
6. When you plan to be out all day, bring along your own healthy snacks to stave off hunger.
   如果你打算出去一整天，带上你自己的健康零食来抵御饥饿。
7. This will clean the blade, stave off rusting, and add weeks of shaving life.
   这将会清洁刀片、防止生锈，延长几周使用寿命。
8. But this no longer seems enough to stave off some sort of crisis.
   但这么做似乎已不足以避免某种危机的到来。
9. In Fenghua, government officials are trying to stave off a default by a local developer.
   在奉化，当地政府官员正在试图避免一家本地开发商出现债务违约。
10. The elder brother never gained a stave, or raised his foot to mount one.
    哥哥从来没有上升到上面的一个梯级或者抬起脚来攀登一下。
11. Love is likely same on the stave vase, broke to pieces has not been able to heal!
    爱情就像破碎的花瓶一样，碎了就不会在愈合！
12. Unobstructed access for humanitarian assistance is critical to stave off needless death and suffering.
    畅通无阻地提供人道主义援助对于避免不必要的死亡和痛苦至关重要。
13. Second, he did what was necessary to stave off a global depression.
    其次，奥巴马为防止全球陷入萧条采取了必要的做法。
14. I went on desperately reading to her-reading my own poems-anybody's poems-to stave off conversation.
    我先是拼命地念诗给她听念我自己的诗还念别人的诗避免谈话。
15. WASHINGTON ( Reuters)-Good news for aging hippies: smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
    华盛顿（路透社）-对那些老龄的嬉皮士是个好消息，吸食***可能延缓老年痴呆的病程。
16. In addition, the research method of this paper is quoteworthy for research on cooling stave.
    同时采用的研究方法在冷却壁的研究中具有参考价值。
17. Objective: To stave more progress of HRS and increase survival rate of patient.
    目的：延缓肝肾综合征（HRS）进一步发展，提高病人生存率。
18. Instead, they want budget cuts to lower risk premiums and stave off disruptive debt restructurings.
    相反，它们希望通过削减预算来降低风险溢价，并避免破坏性的债务重组。
19. She tried to stave off further awkward questions.
    她竭力避开更尴尬的问题。
20. The first priority of the rebels-turned-rulers must be physical security to stave off anarchy and looting.
    从反政府武装转型来的统治者们的首要任务就是确保人身安全，防止混乱和劫掠。
21. The thermal test system of cooling stave was designed and established to put up the industrial experiment of the heat transfer for the cast steel cooling stave and ductile iron cooling stave.
    设计并建造了冷却壁热态试验系统，对铸钢冷却壁和球墨铸铁冷却壁的换热效果进行了工业模拟试验。
22. The lost explorers ate birds'eggs to stave off starvation.
    为了避免饿死，那些迷路的勘探人员吃鸟蛋充饥。
23. Elevator Industry: escalator stave and side boards, and the supporting installation of anti-static, flame-resistant brush;
    材质：毛刷电梯业：自动扶梯梯级和裙侧板之间，配套安装防静电、阻燃毛刷；
24. Once we caught him dozing off in class. A nap will stave off fatigue.
    有一次我们发现他在上课时打盹。打个盹会消除疲乏。
25. To stave off disaster we could look only to them.
    要阻挡灾难来临，我们只能指望他们了。
26. They want to stave off any attempt to intervene.
    他们想要防止任何进行干涉的企图。
27. To stave off recession, the Federal Reserve loosened monetary policy.
    为了防止经济衰退，美联储放松了货币政策。
28. But three economists said the numbers confirmed Chinese banks implemented rollovers on a huge scale to stave off defaults.
    但是，三名经济学家表示，这些数字证实中国各银行实施了巨大规模的滚转操作，以避免面对违约。
29. It was impossible to stave off disaster.
    想避免灾难是不可能的。
30. Many investors do not think it goes far enough to stave off a recession.
    很多投资者认为，该计划的实施力度不足以避免经济衰退。

stave sth↔in

1. 使向内塌陷；压凹；撞破
   to break or damage sth by pushing it or hitting it from the outside
   1. fence staves
      篱笆桩

stave sth↔off

1. 暂时挡住（坏事）；延缓，推迟（某事物）
   to prevent sth bad from affecting you for a period of time; to delay sth

noun

1. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

   Synonym:    runground

2. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

   Synonym:    lag

3. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

   Synonym:    staff

verb

1. burst or force (a hole) into something

   Synonym:    stave in

2. furnish with staves
   1. stave a ladder