noun🔗Share木棍，杖。 (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking."The old man used two staves to help him walk across the icy street. "老人拄着两根木杖，帮助他走过结冰的街道。materialutensilitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share五线谱 (plural staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave."The piano teacher drew five staves on the board, ready to teach her student how to read music. "钢琴老师在黑板上画了五条五线谱，准备教她的学生识谱。musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share员工，职员。 (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business."The company employed 10 new members of staff this month."这家公司本月雇佣了10名新员工。businessorganizationworkpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share灰泥板，嵌泥板。 A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.W"The construction crew applied staves to the building's exterior to protect it from the weather before the permanent brick was installed. "施工队在建筑外墙上安装了灰泥板，以便在永久砖墙砌好之前保护建筑不受天气影响。materialbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share权杖，棍棒，节杖 A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office."The royal guards carried gilded staves as symbols of their duty and the king's power. "皇家卫队手持镀金权杖，象征着他们的职责和国王的权力。politicsgovernmentroyalhistorysocietytraditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share旗杆，杆子 A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed."The marching band carried their national flags on sturdy staves, holding them high for everyone to see. "游行乐队用结实的旗杆扛着他们的国旗，高高举起，让每个人都能看到。materialitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share梯级，横档 The rung of a ladder."The old wooden ladder was missing several staves, making it dangerous to climb. "那架旧木梯子缺了好几根梯级，爬起来很危险。partstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share诗节，节，诗段 A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave."The children learned a simple folk song with four staves, each ending on the same repeating line. "孩子们学唱了一首简单的民歌，这首歌有四个诗节，每个诗节都以重复的一句歌词结尾。literaturemusiclanguagestyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share辐条，轮辐. An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch."The clockmaker carefully inspected the staves of the tiny gear, ensuring each one was perfectly aligned before reassembling the watch. "钟表匠仔细检查了那个微小齿轮的辐条，确保每一根都完美对齐，然后才重新组装手表。partmachinetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share导槽，刀杆. The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder."Because the bladder stone removal surgery was delicate, the surgeon carefully positioned the gorget using the staves to ensure a precise cut. "由于膀胱取石手术非常精细，外科医生小心地使用导槽来定位取石刀，以确保切割的精准。medicineutensilanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share参谋部，幕僚。 An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution."The CEO's staff helped organize the company picnic. "首席执行官的幕僚团队帮助组织了公司野餐。militaryorganizationgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share桶板，木条。 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 cooper carefully hammered the staves together to form a tight seal for the wooden barrel. "木匠小心地把桶板敲打在一起，使木桶形成严密的密封。materialstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share横档，梯级。 One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel"The old wooden ladder had several broken staves, making it unsafe to climb. "那架旧木梯子有几根横档断了，爬起来很不安全。partstructurematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share诗节，节，诗段 A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff."The choir director instructed them to practice the second hymn's difficult first two staves separately. "合唱团指挥指示他们分别练习第二首赞美诗中难度较高的前两个诗节。literaturemusicwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share五线谱, 乐谱. 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 staves on the music sheet. "音乐老师讲解了如何识读乐谱上的五线谱。musicwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share棍子，杖。 A staff or walking stick."The elderly hiker used two sturdy staves to help her navigate the rocky trail. "那位年老的徒步旅行者用两根结实的棍杖帮助她在崎岖的山路上行走。itemutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share符文，魔杖，权杖 A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic."The history student carefully drew the Icelandic magical staves on parchment, hoping to understand their hidden power. "历史系学生小心翼翼地将冰岛魔法符文绘制在羊皮纸上，希望能理解它们隐藏的力量。mythologyreligionsupernaturalritualsigncultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share给...装杆，给...装档。 To fit or furnish with staves or rundles."The carpenter staves the bottomless bucket, hoping to make it watertight again. "木匠正在给这个没有底的水桶装上木条，希望它能再次变得防水。structurebuildingChat 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actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share击退，避开 (with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff."The guard staved off the crowd trying to rush the entrance. "警卫击退了试图冲进入口的人群。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。actionmilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share撞碎，击碎 (rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something."The rotten wooden box staves against the metal railing as it is dropped, scattering its contents. "腐朽的木箱掉落时撞在金属栏杆上，一下子就碎裂了，里面的东西也散落了出来。actiondisasterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share快步走，飞奔 To walk or move rapidly."Seeing the bus pull away, Maria staves towards the stop, hoping to catch it before it leaves. "看到公交车开走了，玛丽亚赶紧朝车站飞奔过去，希望能赶在车离开前追上它。actionwaybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share使…破碎， 砸碎 To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask."The clumsy deliveryman staves a barrel of wine, spilling its contents all over the loading dock. "那个笨手笨脚的搬运工把一桶葡萄酒砸碎了，里面的酒洒满了整个装卸货台。sufferingdisasterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share填塞，堵塞。 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"用填塞工具堵塞铅，或者用铅填充的管道接缝。nauticaltechnicalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
