stave
US: /ˈsteɪv/
UK: /stˈeɪv/
UK: /stˈeɪv/
English Vietnamese dictionary
stave /steiv/
- danh từ
- miếng ván cong (để đóng thuyền, thùng rượu...)
- nấc thang, bậc thang
- đoạn thơ
- (âm nhạc) khuông nhạc ((cũng) staff)
- cái gậy
- ngoại động từ staved, stove
- đục thủng, làm thủng (thùng, tàu)
- làm bẹp (hộp, mũ)
- ghép ván để làm (thùng rượu)
- ép (kim loại) cho chắc
- to stave in
- đục thủng
- làm bẹp
- to stave off
- ngăn chặn, phòng ngừa, tránh
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a strong stick or pole: fence staves
2 (BrE) (also staff AmE, BrE) (music) a set of five lines on which music is written
+ verb (staved, staved) or (stove, stove )
Phrasal Verbs: stave sth<->in to break or damage sth by making part of it fall inwards: The side of the boat was staved in when it hit the rocks.
stave sth<->off (staved, staved) to prevent sth bad from affecting you for a period of time; to delay sb/sth: to stave off hunger / illness / inflation / bankruptcy + The company managed to stave off bankruptcy for another few months.
Concise English dictionary
stove|staves|staved|stavingsteɪv
noun
+(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
+one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
+a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
verb
+furnish with staves
+burst or force (a hole) into something
