staves 音标拼音: [st'evz]
staff ;
stave 的复数
staff ;
stave 的复数
Flagstaff \
Flag "
staff `\,
n .;
pl . {-
staves }
or {-
staffs }.
A staff [
4 ]
on which a flag is hoisted .
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1913 Webster ]
Staff \
Staff \ (
st [.
a ]
f ),
n .;
pl . {
Staves } (
st [=
a ]
vz or st [
aum ]
vz ;
277 )
or {
Staffs } (
st [.
a ]
fs )
in senses 1 -
9 ,
{
Staffs }
in senses 10 ,
11 . [
AS .
staef a staff ;
akin to LG . &
D .
staf ,
OFries .
stef ,
G .
stab ,
Icel .
stafr ,
Sw .
staf ,
Dan .
stav ,
Goth .
stabs element ,
rudiment ,
Skr .
sth [=
a ]
pay to cause to stand ,
to place .
See {
Stand },
and cf . {
Stab }, {
Stave },
n .]
1 .
A long piece of wood ;
a stick ;
the long handle of an instrument or weapon ;
a pole or stick ,
used for many purposes ;
as ,
a surveyor '
s staff ;
the staff of a spear or pike .
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1913 Webster ]
And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it withal . --
Ex .
xxxviii .
7 .
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With forks and staves the felon to pursue . --
Dryden .
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2 .
A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking ;
hence ,
a support ;
that which props or upholds . "
Hooked staves ." --
Piers Plowman .
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The boy was the very staff of my age . --
Shak .
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He spoke of it [
beer ]
in "
The Earnest Cry ,"
and likewise in the "
Scotch Drink ,"
as one of the staffs of life which had been struck from the poor man '
s hand . --
Prof .
Wilson .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
A pole ,
stick ,
or wand borne as an ensign of authority ;
a badge of office ;
as ,
a constable '
s staff .
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Methought this staff ,
mine office badge in court ,
Was broke in twain . --
Shak .
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All his officers brake their staves ;
but at their return new staves were delivered unto them .
--
Hayward .
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4 .
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed .
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5 .
The round of a ladder . [
R .]
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I ascended at one [
ladder ]
of six hundred and thirty -
nine staves . --
Dr .
J .
Campbell (
E .
Brown '
s Travels ).
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1913 Webster ]
6 .
A series of verses so disposed that ,
when it is concluded ,
the same order begins again ;
a stanza ;
a stave .
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Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for an heroic poem ,
as being all too lyrical . --
Dryden .
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7 . (
Mus .)
The five lines and the spaces on which music is written ; --
formerly called {
stave }.
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8 . (
Mech .)
An arbor ,
as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch .
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9 . (
Surg .)
The grooved director for the gorget ,
or knife ,
used in cutting for stone in the bladder .
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10 . [
From {
Staff },
3 ,
a badge of office .] (
Mil .)
An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army ,
to a section of an army ,
or to the commander of an army .
The general '
s staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution .
See {['
E ]
tat Major }.
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1913 Webster ]
11 .
Hence :
A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendent or manager ;
sometimes used for the entire group of employees of an enterprise ,
excluding the top management ;
as ,
the staff of a newspaper .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
{
Jacob '
s staff } (
Surv .),
a single straight rod or staff ,
pointed and iron -
shod at the bottom ,
for penetrating the ground ,
and having a socket joint at the top ,
used ,
instead of a tripod ,
for supporting a compass .
{
Staff angle } (
Arch .),
a square rod of wood standing flush with the wall on each of its sides ,
at the external angles of plastering ,
to prevent their being damaged .
{
The staff of life },
bread . "
Bread is the staff of life ."
--
Swift .
{
Staff tree } (
Bot .),
any plant of the genus {
Celastrus },
mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere .
The American species ({
Celastrus scandens })
is commonly called {
bittersweet }.
See 2d {
Bittersweet },
3 (
b ) .
{
To set up one '
s staff }, {
To put up one '
s staff }, {
To set down one '
s staff }
or {
To put down one '
s staff },
to take up one '
s residence ;
to lodge . [
Obs .]
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Staves \
Staves \ (
st [=
a ]
vz or st [
aum ]
vz ;
277 ),
n .;
pl .
of {
Staff }. "
Banners ,
scarves and staves ." --
R .
Browning .
Also (
st [=
a ]
vz ),
pl .
of {
Stave }.
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1913 Webster ]
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