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- a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure（建筑物或其他结构中的）木柱; 狭木板。
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- any of the lengths of wood fixed side by side to make a barrel, bucket, or other container桶板。
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- a strong wooden stick or iron pole used as a weapon棍, 棒, 杖。
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- （亦作staff）Music a set of five parallel lines on any one or between any adjacent two of which a note is written to indicate its pitch【乐】五线谱。
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- a verse or stanza of a poem诗节, 诗句。
with obj.
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- （past and past participle staved 或 stove）(stave something in) break something by forcing it inwards or piercing it roughly with a hole压坏; 击穿, 击破：
the door was staved in.
门被打穿了一个洞。
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- (past and past participle staved) (stave something off) avert or delay something bad or dangerous挡开, 避开; 延缓：
a reassuring presence can stave off a panic attack.
拥有自信可以避免惊惶失态。
词源
Middle English: back-formation from STAVES. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th cent.