noun🔗Share桶板，板条。 One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc."The carpenter carefully fitted each stave to the others, creating the sides of the new wooden pail. "木匠小心翼翼地将每一块桶板都紧密地拼合在一起，制作出新木桶的桶壁。materialstructureutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share梯级，横档，梯棍 One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel"The ladder's wooden staves were worn and slippery. "梯子的木头梯棍已经磨损得很厉害，而且很滑。partstructureitembuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share节，诗节，五线谱。 A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff."The poem's first stave described the beautiful morning light. "这首诗的第一节描写了美丽的晨光。literaturemusicstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share五线谱 The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff."The music teacher explained how to read the notes on the stave. "音乐老师讲解了如何识读五线谱上的音符。musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share拐杖，棍子。 A staff or walking stick."The old man leaned heavily on his sturdy stave as he walked through the park. "那位老人拄着结实的拐杖，吃力地走过公园。itemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share符文，魔法符号. A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic."The sorcerer used a particular stave to enhance his incantations during the ritual. "在仪式中，巫师使用了一个特殊的符文魔法符号来增强他的咒语。mythologyritualreligionsignsupernaturalcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share装上横档, 配上档To fit or furnish with staves or rundles."The carpenter staved the barrel with new wooden staves. "木匠给桶装上了新的木条横档。structurematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share打破，撞破 (usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst."to stave in a cask"把桶撞破actionmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share避开，挡开。 (with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff."The security guard had to stave off the crowd rushing towards the stage. "保安不得不挡开涌向舞台的人群。actionweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share避开， 挡开 (usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away."We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger."我们吃草试图以此来 挡开 饥饿。actioneventachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share撞碎，击碎 (rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something."The empty wooden crate, carelessly dropped from the truck, staved against the curb. "那个空木箱子被不小心从卡车上掉下来，砰的一声撞在路沿上，碎裂了。actionphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share疾走，快步走。 To walk or move rapidly."The children staved down the street to catch the school bus. "孩子们为了赶校车，沿着街快步跑去。actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share使…遭受，避免，延缓。 To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask."The heavy rain caused the leaky wine cask to stave, and all the delicious wine was lost. "暴雨使漏水的酒桶破裂，导致所有的美酒都白白损失了。sufferingactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share堵缝，填缝。 To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron."to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run"用堵缝工具将铅或灌注铅的管道接缝填实。technicalnauticalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
