stave [steɪv]

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n.（制作木桶的）板条；五线谱表；v.延缓；在…上打洞

the five lines and four spaces between them on which musical notes are written

He is utterly ignorant of stave.他对五线谱一窍不通。
To stave off disaster we could look only to them.要阻挡灾难来临，我们只能指望他们了。