英语释义

1. the main trunk of a plant specifically a primary plant axis that develops buds and shoots instead of roots

2. a plant part (such as a branch, petiole, or stipe) that supports another (such as a leaf or fruit)

3. the complete fruiting stalk of a banana plant with its bananas

4. the main upright member at the bow of a ship

5. the bow or prow of a ship — compare stern

6. a line of ancestry stock especially a fundamental line from which others have arisen

7. the part of an inflected word that remains after the inflected part is removed
strength is the stem of strengths also root sense 6

8. something held to resemble a plant stem: such as

9. a main or heavy stroke of a letter

10. the short perpendicular line extending from the head of a musical note

11. the part of a tobacco pipe from the bowl outward

12. the cylindrical support of a piece of stemware (such as a goblet)

13. a shaft of a watch used for winding

14. throughout, thoroughly

15. to make headway against (something, such as an adverse tide, current, or wind)

16. to check or go counter to (something adverse)

17. to remove the stem from

18. to make a stem for (something, such as an artificial flower)

19. to occur or develop as a consequence have or trace an origin
her success stems from hard work

20. to stop or dam up (something, such as a river)

21. to stop or check by or as if by damming especially stanch
stem a flow of blood

22. to turn (a ski) in stemming

23. to restrain or check oneself also to become checked or stanched

24. to slide the heel of one ski or of both skis outward usually in making or preparing to make a turn

25. check, dam

26. an act or instance of stemming on skis

27. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

28. the main stalk of a plant that develops buds and shoots and usually grows above ground

29. a thin plant part (as a leafstalk) that supports another part
a cherry's stem

30. the bow of a ship

31. the basic part of a word to which prefixes or suffixes may be added

32. something like a stalk or shaft
the stem of a goblet … Henry and Jake both pushed the stems of their stopwatches down …
— Walter Farley, The Black Stallion

33. in or to every part thoroughly

34. to make progress against
The boat was able to stem the current.

35. to check or hold back the progress of
New safety rules stemmed the increase in accidents.

36. to develop as a consequence of
His illness stems from an accident.

37. to come from derive
The word “misty” stems from “mist.”

38. to remove the stem from
stem cherries

39. to stop or check by or as if by damming
We were able to stem the flow of blood.

片语

on all counts（习语）完全；在各方面

for fair肯定地；完全

英汉例句

• the 2011 accord is now classified as full-size. it is 194 inches from stem to stern -- nearly three feet longer than its prehistoric ancestor.

  2011款的雅阁已被列为标準车型：全长4.9米，比其始祖长了近0.9米（3英尺）。

• from stem to stern 10 feet long.

  船头船尾十呎长。

• but he does not know, i move from stem to stern people witnessed.

  但他不晓得的是，本人的举动从头至尾都被人目睹了。

相似词

throughad 从一端到另一端；通过；从头至尾；通过； 直达；径直；（电话）接通着；彻底

over（板球）一轮投球