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stem1/stem/ n. & v.●n. 1 the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, usu. rising above ground, but occasionally subterranean (植物或灌木的)茎，干 2 the stalk supporting a fruit, flower, or leaf, and attaching it to a larger branch, twig, or stalk (果实、花朵、叶片的)梗 3 a stem-shaped part of an object esp. (物体的)茎状部位，(尤指): a the slender part of a wineglass between the body and the foot (葡萄酒杯杯身与底脚之间的)柄脚 b the tube of a tobacco pipe (烟斗的)柄 c a vertical stroke in a letter or musical note (字母的)直立的笔划；(音符的)符干 d the winding-shaft of a watch (钟表上发条时用的)转柄 4 Gram. the root or main part of a noun, verb, etc., to which inflections are added; the part that appears unchanged throughout the cases and derivatives of a noun, persons of a tense, etc. 【语法】(名词、动词等的)词干 5 Naut. the main upright timber or metal piece at the bow of a ship to which the ship's sides are joined at the fore-end 【海】艏柱(船首的竖立木柱或金属柱) from stem to stern 从船头至船尾 6 a line of ancestry, branch of a family, etc. 家系 descended from an ancient stem 来自一个古老的世家 7 (in full 全称 drill stem) a rotating rod, cylinder, etc., used in drilling (用于钻孔的)钻杆 ●v. (stemmed, stemming) 1 intr. (foll. by 后跟 from) spring or originate from 源于，源自 stems from a desire to win 出于获胜的愿望 2 tr. remove the stem or stems from (fruit, tobacco, etc.) 去除(果实、烟草等的)梗茎 3 tr. (of a vessel etc.) hold its own or make headway against (the tide etc.) (船等)逆流而行 □ stemless adj.□ stemlet n.□ stemlike adj.□ stemmed adj. (also in comb. 亦用于复合词)[Old English stemn, stefn from Germanic: related to STAND] |