释义 |
stove1 /stōv/ noun- A closed heating or cooking apparatus
- A fire-grate
- A kiln or oven for various manufacturing operations
- A hot-air bath (archaic)
- A heated room or chamber (archaic)
- A hothouse
transitive verb- To put, keep, heat, or dry in a stove
- To stew (Scot)
ORIGIN: OE stofa; Ger Stube stovˈies plural noun (Scot) - Stewed potatoes
- A thick stew of potatoes, lard, onions and sausage meat or corned beef
- Irish stew
stovˈing noun Drying a specially prepared paint quickly by application of heat stove enamel noun A type of heatproof enamel produced by heating an enamelled article in a stove stoveˈpipe noun - A metal pipe for carrying smoke and gases from a stove
- A tall silk hat (in full stovepipe hat; informal)
stove plant noun A hothouse plant stove2 /stōv/ pat and pap of stave, also used as the present tense. stave /stāv/ noun- One of the strips of wood of which a barrel or tub is made
- A staff, rod, bar, shaft, esp wooden, as the rung of a ladder
- A staff (music)
- A stanza, verse of a song
transitive verb (pat and pap staved or stove)- To break a stave or the staves of (a boat or barrel; with in)
- To break
- To burst inward (with in)
- To drive off, as with a staff
- To delay, ward off or keep back (with off)
- To put together, repair or fit with staves
- To sprain, jar violently (fingers, toes, etc) (Scot)
intransitive verb- To thrust onward (Scot)
- To break up
ORIGIN: By-form of staff1 |