单词 | stanch |
释义 | stanch 1 (stônch, stänch, stănch) also staunch (stônch, stänch) tr.v. stanched, stanch·ing, stanch·es also staunched or staunch·ing or staunch·es 1. To stop or check the flow of (blood or tears, for example). 2. To stop the flow of blood from (a wound). 3. To stop, check, or allay: "My anxiety is stanched; I am at peace" (Scott Turow). See Usage Note at staunch1. [Middle English stanchen, from Old French estanchier, from Vulgar Latin *stanticāre, to stop, probably from Latin stāns, stant-, present participle of stāre, to stand; see stā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] stancher n. |
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