用法:
1 any of the curved pieces of wood forming the side of a barrel or tub 桶板, 桶材（用作木桶或木盆边的弧形木板）.

用法:
2 (music 音) = staff 5. stave 2
[/steɪv; stev/] v (pt, pp staved or stove [/stəuv; stov/]) (phr v) stave sth in break, smash, or make a hole in sth 打破、 砸破或击穿某物; 在某物上凿孔:
The side of the boat was staved in by the collision. 船侧撞穿了. *
The victim's skull had been stove in by a heavy instrument. 遇害者的头颅是用重物击穿的. stave sth off (pt, pp ~d) keep sth off or away; delay sth, esp temporarily 挡开或避开某事物; 延迟某事物（尤指暂时）:
stave off disaster, danger, bankruptcy, the pangs of hunger 避开灾难、 躲过危险、 防止破产、 延迟饥饿的折磨.

• at an end(at the end)
• at an end(in the end)
• at athe rate of(at a speed of)
• at best(at one's best, at its best)
• at cost of(at a cost of, at the cost of)
• at danger(in danger)
• at dusk(in the dusk)
• at ease(at one's ease)
• at fault(in fault)
• at first glance(at first sight)
• at first(from the first)
• at full length(at great length)
• at great pains(to great pains)
• at great pains(with great pains)
• at hand(at sb's hand)
• at hand(in hand)
• at it(in it)
• at last(in the end)
• at least(in the least)
• at leisure(at one's leisure)
• at longest(at most)
• at night(in the night)
• at no time(in no time)
• at once(all at once)
• at one time(for a time)