v.避开，挡开，延迟，暂时挡住，避开（某事），延缓，推迟（令人不快的事物）...

He thought of riding a camel to conserve his strength and stave off hunger.想到这里,他想骑上骆驼,省些力气可以多挨一会儿饥饿.I went on desperately reading to her - reading my own poems - anybody's poems - to stave off conversation.我先是拼命地念诗...

stave off的音标：stave off的英式发音音标为：[steɪv ɔf]stave off的美式发音音标为：[stev ɔf]...