staving

英 [ˈsteɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˈsteɪvɪŋ]

v.  延缓;压扁;在…上打洞; 破碎;穿孔
stave的现在分词

柯林斯词典

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

in AM, use 美国英语用 staff

双语例句

• Research has shown that a diet high in whole grains helps in staving off2 diabetes in older men, even obese ones.
  研究已显示多吃全麦食物能帮助老人预防糖尿病，甚至对肥胖的老人也有用。
• And the use of hormones does need to be restricted to the relief of menopausal symptoms, not as a means of staving off heart disease, she added.
  激素治疗只能被用于减轻更年期症状，而不能用于预防心脏病的发生。
• Ku smiled apologetically at Li and said," my luggage is all here. I think I'll go with them. there's no point staving here any longer. "
  顾尔谦向李梅亭抱歉地笑道：“我行李全到了，我想跟他们去，在这儿住下去没有意义。”
• 'How long are you staving?'i asked him uncivilly.
  “你要待多久？”我很不客气地问他。
• Growth hormone also plays a role in fighting tissue breakdown, staving off stress fractures and improving metabolic function.
  生长激素在对抗阻止分解、应力断裂和提高新陈代谢功能中也发挥作用。
• Aren't we supposed to be paying this kind of attention to our health, reducing risks, staving off illness and catching problems while they're still small?
  难道我们不应该通过年检来关注自己的健康，降低风险，避开疾病并且在疾病发病初期就发现问题吗？
• A more effective approach to staving off potential unrest in urban areas would be to increase investment, not in more hardware, but in human capital.
  阻止城市地区发生潜在骚乱的更有效方法将是增加投资&不是建设更多的硬件设施，而是投资于人力资本。
• For several years the United States had been staving off the entry of Beijing into the un.
  好几年来，美国一直在阻止北京进入联合国。
• Americans spend more than$ 20 billion a year on supplements in hopes of staving off cancer, heart disease, and dementia.
  美国人每年买补品花费超过200亿美元，希望能避免癌症、心脏病和痴呆症。
• A Comparative Research of Ancient and Modern Mechanism about Athletic Exercise Staving off Decrepitude
  运动延缓衰老的古今机理研究比较