A stave is a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon.
例句
Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron.很多人用棍棒和鐵器將自己武裝起來。
N-COUNT
五線譜
A stave is the five lines that music is written on.
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
使向內塌陷；壓凹；撞扁
The side of the boat was staved in when it hit the rocks.船觸礁把船舷撞扁了。
暫時擋住，避開(某事)；延緩，推遲(令人不快的事物)
to stave off hunger/illness暫時解饑/緩解病情desperate attempts to stave off civil war孤注一擲地避免內戰的努力I staved off jet lag with a bath and an early night.我洗了個澡又提前睡下，免除飛行時差的反應。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
2. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket