Stave

(noun.) one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket.

(verb.) burst or force (a hole) into something.

(verb.) furnish with staves; 'stave a ladder'.

格罗夫斯整理

• A fair stave, Grandfer Cantle; but I am afeard 'tis too much for the mouldy weasand of such a old man as you, he said to the wrinkled reveller. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Folk would say--folk that knowed what a true stave was--'Surely, surely that's never the same man that I saw handling the clarinet so masterly by now! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I think he'll turn him round: I think the nomination may be staved off. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But there was no staving off the question, What was to be done? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• There were bodies of constables with blue staves, twenty committee-men with blue scarfs, and a mob of voters with blue cockades. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The stove-pipe fell, dislocated at every joint. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Douglas Galton of the English army for use in barracks, but this stove is also admirably adapted for houses. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• We see that the source of carbon dioxide is practically inexhaustible, coming as it does from every stove, furnace, and candle, and further with every breath of a living organism. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Without noticing either of us he went up to the stove and kicked it over. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I was shown a little kitchen with a little stove and oven, with few but bright brasses, two chairs and a table. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I remember, after having witnessed the destructive effects of a fire, I could not even behold a small one in a stove, without a sensation of fear. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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