stem
US: /ˈstɛm/
UK: /stˈɛm/
UK: /stˈɛm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
stem /stem/
- danh từ
- (thực vật học) thân (cây); cuống, cọng (lá, hoa)
- chân (cốc uống rượu)
- ống (tẩu thuốc)
- (ngôn ngữ học) thân từ
- dòng họ
- (hàng hải) tấm sống mũi; mũi (tàu, thuyền)
- from stem to stern: từ đầu tàu đến cuối tàu; (bóng) từ đầu đến cuối
- bộ phận lên dây (đồng hồ)
- ngoại động từ
- tước cọng (lá thuốc lá)
- làm cuống cho (hoa giả...)
- nội động từ
- (+ in) phát sinh, bắt nguồn
- (+ from) xuất phát từ
- ngoại động từ
- đắp đập ngăn (một dòng sông)
- ngăn cản, ngăn trở, chặn
- đi ngược (dòng nước)
- đánh lui, đẩy lui
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 the main long thin part of a plant above the ground from which the leaves or flowers grow; a smaller part that grows from this and supports flowers or leaves: long, trailing stems of ivy + a tall plant with branching stems
2 the long thin part of a wine glass between the bowl and the base
3 the thin tube of a tobacco pipe
4 (-stemmed) (in adjectives) having one or more stems of the type mentioned: a long-stemmed rose + slender-stemmed wine glasses
5 (grammar) the main part of a word that stays the same when endings are added to it: 'Writ' is the stem of the forms 'writes', 'writing' and 'written'.
Idioms: from stem to stern all the way from the front of a ship to the back
+ verb (-mm-) [VN] to stop sth that is flowing from spreading or increasing: The cut was bandaged to stem the bleeding. + They discussed ways of stemming the flow of smuggled drugs. + The government had failed to stem the tide of factory closures.
Phrasal Verbs: stem from sth (not used in the progressive tenses) to be the result of sth: Most people's insecurities stem from something that happened in their childhood.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 trunk, stalk, stock; Technical peduncle, pedicel, petiole, shoot:
Three white blossoms are borne on each stem of the plant.
2 bows, prow, stem-post:
The ship shook from stem to stern.
v.
3 come, arise, develop, derive, issue, flow, generate, originate, spring, emanate, sprout, grow, descend, result, proceed:
The dispute stems from basic differences in the ways the parties regard property.
v.
1 check, stop, halt, stanch or staunch, arrest, stay, curb, control, quell, suppress; retard, slow, lessen, diminish, reduce, cut (back (on)):
The government introduced legislation to stem immigration. I was able to stem the bleeding by applying the tourniquet.
2 stem the tide (of). resist, withstand, go or make headway or advance or make progress against, prevail over or against:
They were unable to stem the tide of public opinion.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
long, tall | short | thick | slender, thin | flexible, strong | brittle, weak | iris, rose, etc.
VERB + STEM
break, cut (back/out), prune (back), shorten, trim
When the bush has finished flowering, cut back all the stems.
STEM + VERB
break
PREP.
on a/the ~
There are several leaves on each stem.
PHRASES
the base of the stem
Cut half an inch off the base of each stem.
Concise English dictionary
stemmed|stemming|stemsstem
noun
+(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
+a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
+cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
+the tube of a tobacco pipe
+front part of a vessel or aircraft
+a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
verb
+grow out of, have roots in, originate in
+cause to point inward
+stop the flow of a liquid
+remove the stem from
