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单词 stove
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
stove1 /stoʊv/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. an apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth or cooking:a gas stove to cook the food.

stove2 /stoʊv/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. a pt. and pp. of stave.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
stove1 (stōv),USA pronunciation  n., v., stoved, stov•ing. 

    n. 
    1. a portable or fixed apparatus that furnishes heat for warmth, cooking, etc., commonly using coal, oil, gas, wood, or electricity as a source of power.
    2. a heated chamber or box for some special purpose, as a drying room or a kiln for firing pottery.

    v.t. 
    1. to treat with or subject to heat, as in a stove.
    • Greek tý̄phein to raise smoke, smoke, akin to tŷphos fever (see typhus); alternatively explained as a native Gmc base, borrowed into Romance (compare izba); (verb, verbal) late Middle English stoven to subject to hot-air bath, derivative of the noun, nominal
    • Vulgar Latin *extupa, *extūpa ( French étuve sweat room of a bath; compare stew1), noun, nominal derivative of *extūpāre, *extūfāre to fill with vapor, equivalent. to Latin ex- ex-1 + Vulgar Latin *-tūfāre
    • Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, cognate with Old English stofa, stofu heated room for bathing, Old High German stuba (German Stube room; compare bierstube), Old Norse stofa; early Gmc borrowing
    • (noun, nominal) late Middle English: sweat bath, heated room, probably 1425–75

    stove2 (stōv),USA pronunciation v. 
    1. a pt. and pp. of stave. 

    Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
    stove /stəʊv/ n
    1. another word for cooker
    2. any heating apparatus, such as a kiln
    Etymology: Old English stofa bathroom; related to Old High German stuba steam room, Greek tuphos smoke
    stove /stəʊv/ vb
    1. a past tense and past participle of stave
    WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
    stave /steɪv/USA pronunciation   n., v., staved or stove/stoʊv/USA pronunciation  stav•ing. 
    n. [countable]
    1. one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, etc.
    2. a stick, rod, or pole.

    v. 
    1. stave off:
      • to put off or keep off, as by force: [+ off + object]to stave off an attack.[+ object + off]to stave it off.
      • to prevent in time;
        forestall: [+ off + object]to stave off bankruptcy.[+ object + off]to stave it off.

    WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
    stave (stāv),USA pronunciation  n., v., staved or stove, stav•ing. 

      n. 
      1. one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
      2. a stick, rod, pole, or the like.
      3. Buildinga rung of a ladder, chair, etc.
      4. Poetry[Pros.]
        • a verse or stanza of a poem or song.
        • the alliterating sound in a line of verse, as the w- sound in wind in the willows.
      5. Music and Dancestaff1 (def. 9).

      v.t. 
      1. Wineto break in a stave or staves of (a cask or barrel) so as to release the wine, liquor, or other contents.
      2. Wineto release (wine, liquor, etc.) by breaking the cask or barrel.
      3. to break or crush (something) inward (often fol. by in).
      4. to break (a hole) in, esp. in the hull of a boat.
      5. to break to pieces;
        splinter;
        smash.
      6. Buildingto furnish with a stave or staves.
      7. to beat with a stave or staff.

      v.i. 
      1. to become staved in, as a boat;
        break in or up.
      2. to move along rapidly.
      3. stave off:
        • to put, ward, or keep off, as by force or evasion.
        • to prevent in time;
          forestall:He wasn't able to stave off bankruptcy.
      • 1125–75; (noun, nominal) Middle English, back formation from staves; (verb, verbal) derivative of the noun, nominal
        • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See verse. 

      Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
      stave /steɪv/ n
      1. any one of a number of long strips of wood joined together to form a barrel, bucket, boat hull, etc
      2. any of various bars, slats, or rods, usually of wood, such as a rung of a ladder or a crosspiece bracing the legs of a chair
      3. any stick, staff, etc
      4. a stanza or verse of a poem
      5. Brit an individual group of five lines and four spaces used in staff notation
      6. another word for staff1
      vb (staves, staving, staved, stove)
      1. (often followed by in) to break or crush (the staves of a boat, barrel, etc) or (of the staves of a boat) to be broken or crushed
      2. (transitive) usually followed by in: to burst or force (a hole in something)
      3. (transitive) to provide (a ladder, chair, etc) with a stave or staves
      4. (transitive) Scot to sprain (a finger, toe, etc)
      Etymology: 14th Century: back formation from staves, plural of staff1
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