Word · Frequency #18430
stave
避开；防止；拖延
to ward off, avoid, or delay something; to drive away or keep at bay
常作 stave off，指防止或推迟坏事发生。
- 1.
To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
给......装上桶板或梯级；用桶板或梯级装配。
- 2.
To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
打破(桶的)板壁；在......上打洞；使破裂。
- 3.
To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
用棍棒推开；挡住。
- 4.
To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
用武力或计谋拖延；驱赶。
- 5.
To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
因木桶破裂而遭受损失；使(桶中液体)流失。
- 6.
To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
用捻缝工具敲击使其密封或坚固。
击穿；砸破；撞破；给……装桶板；给……装横档；用棍棒推开；挡开；（使）因桶破裂而漏失；用捻缝工具捣实使密封
In use
A good breakfast can stave off mid-morning hunger.
She drank ginger tea to stave off a sore throat.
He staved off boredom by listening to podcasts.
stave off sth
常用于抽象事物，如危机、问题等。
He managed to stave off the crisis.
他设法避免了危机。
stave in sth
常指用外力击破或撞毁某物。
The storm staved in the roof of the house.
暴风雨击穿了房屋的屋顶。
Verb forms
base stave · third person staves · -ing staving · past staved · past participle staved
常与off连用，表示‘挡开、延缓’
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- stave off
- 避开；防止；拖延
- The company took urgent measures to stave off bankruptcy.公司采取紧急措施以避免破产。
- stave in
- 击穿；砸破；撞破
- The rocks staved in the side of the boat.岩石撞破了船的一侧。
- stave off defeat
- 避免失败；逃脱失败
- A late goal staved off defeat for the home team.终场前的一粒进球使主队免于失败。
- stave off hunger
- 充饥；抵御饥饿
- They ate berries to stave off hunger during the long walk.长途步行中，他们吃浆果充饥。
- stave off criticism
- 避开批评；平息批评
- The minister staved off criticism with a quick apology.部长迅速道歉以平息批评。
- stave off a crisis
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 stave 联想成 staff（棍棒）+ off：用棍棒挡开，即“避开、防止”；木桶的板条也叫 stave。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：news and business writing、describing physical damage to barrels or boats、technical or historical writing about cooperage stave 作动词时语体并不统一，需看搭配：stave off（避开、防止、拖延）比较常见于新闻、商务和日常书面语，语气中性偏正式；而 stave 表示“使破裂”“击穿”或“装桶板”时，多用于描述船体、木桶损伤或制桶工艺，偏技术或文学语体。
Grammar Note
注意过去式和过去分词均为staved，非stove。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /eɪv/ 发音结尾，与 stave /steɪv/ 押韵。注意勿被拼写误导：have /hæv/ 读音不同，不押韵；stove /stoʊv/ 是 stave 的过去式形式，读 /oʊv/，也不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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