stave
n
1 any of the curved pieces of wood forming the side of a barrel or tub 桶板, 桶材(用作木桶或木盆邊的弧形木板).
2 (music 音) = staff 5.
stave v (pt, pp staved or stove ) (phr v) stave sth in break, smash, or make a hole in sth 打破、 砸破或擊穿某物; 在某物上鑿孔
The side of the boat was staved in by the collision. 船側撞穿了.
The victim's skull had been stove in by a heavy instrument. 遇害者的頭顱是用重物擊穿的. stave sth off (pt, pp ~d) keep sth off or away; delay sth, esp temporarily 擋開或避開某事物; 延遲某事物(尤指暫時)
stave off disaster, danger, bankruptcy, the pangs of hunger 避開災難、 躲過危險、 防止破產、 延遲饑餓的折磨.
?? 擴展釋義
*[steiv]n. 狹板, 梯級, 棍棒, 詩句vt. 擊穿, 弄破, 敲打, 趕走vi. 穿孔, 破碎相關詞組: stave sth off