stems

英 [stemz]

美 [stemz]

n.  (花草的)茎; (花或叶的)梗，柄; (高脚酒杯的)脚; 烟斗柄
v.  阻止; 封堵; 遏止
stem的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 起源于;来自;由…造成
  If a condition or problemstems fromsomething, it was caused originally by that thing.
  1. All my problems stem from drink...
     我所有的问题都源于酗酒。
  2. Much of the instability stems from the economic effects of the war.
     不稳定局面多半是由战争对经济的影响造成的。
• VERB 阻止;遏制;制止
  If youstemsomething, you stop it spreading, increasing, or continuing.
  1. Austria has sent three army battalions to its border with Hungary to stem the flow of illegal immigrants...
     奥地利已派出 3 个营的兵力去本国和匈牙利交界的边境地区阻止非法移民的流入。
  2. The authorities seem powerless to stem the rising tide of violence...
     当局似乎无力阻止愈演愈烈的暴力活动。
  3. He was still conscious, trying to stem the bleeding with his right hand.
     他依然清醒，正试图用右手止血。
• N-COUNT (植物的)秆，茎，梗
  Thestemof a plant is the thin, upright part on which the flowers and leaves grow.
  1. He stooped down, cut the stem for her with his knife and handed her the flower.
     他弯下腰，用刀替她将花茎割断，然后将花递给她。
• (酒杯的)颈，柄脚
  Thestemof a wine glass is the long thin part which connects the bowl to the base.
• N-COUNT (烟斗)柄
  Thestemof a pipe is the long thin part through which smoke is sucked.
  1. He chewed the stem of his pipe and eyed her sceptically.
     他嘴里衔着烟斗柄，满腹狐疑地打量着她。
• (语法中的)词干
  In grammar, thestemof a word is the main part of it, which does not change when the ending changes.
• PHRASE 从船首到船尾
  If something happensfrom stem to sternon a boat, it involves the whole of the boat.
  1. A South African television report said the ship was ablaze from stem to stern.
     南非一则电视新闻报道称，那艘船从头到尾都着了火。

双语例句

• Small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot.
  佛罗里达、西印度和古巴的一种小而硬的木质泽米；根部和一半的茎部生长竹芋。
• Her interest in flowers stems from her childhood in the country.
  她喜欢花起始于童年乡居期间。
• African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs.
  非洲灌木，有横卧的茎和苗条的黄色的有蜂蜜香的叶子，或单独或成双生长。
• Small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves.
  低等蕨类植物小科具有接近赤裸的茎和微小的鳞状的叶。
• The problem stems from the ambiguity.
  这个问题源自于歧义性。
• Succulents, such as cacti, store water in large parenchyma cells in swollen stems and leaves.
  肉质植物，如仙人掌，可以将水分储藏在膨大的茎和叶中的基本组织细胞中。
• Much of the instability stems from the economic effects of the war.
  不稳定局面多半是由战争对经济的影响造成的。
• Genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches.
  没有真正叶子但长有象叶子一样的茎干和分枝，还有黄花的澳大利亚的无刺的或多刺的灌木的属。
• Stems provide mechanical support for leaves in erect plants and are an axis for attached leaves in horizontal plants.
  在直立生长的植物上，茎为叶子提供了机械支撑，在水平方向生长的植物上，茎为叶子着生的中轴。
• Some grasses have stems and leaves.
  有些草皮品种长有茎和叶。