stave

stave

英 [steɪv]
　　美 [stev]

n. 狹板；梯級；詩句；五線譜表
　　vt. 延緩；擊穿；鑿孔於；壓扁
　　vi. 破碎；穿孔
　　n. (Stave)人名；(德)施塔弗；(英、瑞典)斯特夫

中文詞源：

stave 棍，棒，柱，樁

回構自 staves,棍，棒，來自 staff 的復數形式。比較 knife,knives.

例句：

1. He is utterly ignorant of staff [ stave ] .
他對 五線譜 一竅不通.

2. Many people switch on the television simply to stave off boredom over the Christmas break.
很多人打開電視僅僅是為瞭打發聖誕節休息期間的無聊時光而已。

3. In a desperate attempt to stave off defeat, he reluctantly promised wholesale reform of the constitution.
為瞭竭力避免敗局，他勉強答應要對憲法進行大規模修改。

4. But the reality of discovery was a different matter, and he did all he could to stave it off.
但所發現的實際情況完全是另一回事，所以他隻好盡自己所能暫緩其發生。

5. To stave off disaster we could look only to them.
要阻擋災難來臨,我們隻能指望他們瞭.