stem
英 [stem]
美[st?m]
- n. 干；莖；船首；血統
- vt. 阻止；除去…的莖；給…裝柄
- vi. 阻止；起源于某事物；逆行
英英釋意
- 1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
- "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
- 2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- 3. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
- 4. the tube of a tobacco pipe
- 5. front part of a vessel or aircraft;
- "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
- 6. a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it