c. 1300, "to put, place (somewhere)," verbal use of Old English noun stow "a place, spot, site, locality" (common in place names), from Proto-Germanic *stowo- (cognates: Old Frisian sto "place," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stouwen, Dutch stuwen "to stow," Old High German stouwen "to stop, check," German stauen "to stow, pack; bring to a halt, hem in"), from PIE *stau- "stout, standing, strong," extended form of root *sta- "to stand" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic stavljo "to place," Lithuanian stoviu "to stand;" see stet). The nautical sense of "put away to be stored, pack" (1550s) was enforced by Dutch stouwen "to cram, pack up close." Related: Stowed; stowing.
实用例句
1. I helped her stow her bags in the boot of the car.
我帮她将包放进汽车行李箱里。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 'Come, come ,'said Silver,'stow this talk.
“ 好了, 好了, ”希尔弗说, “ 别再唠叨这些了.
来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
3. But with the stow of Abraham begins something more special to the Jewish race.
但从亚伯拉罕的故事起,对于犹太民族而言更为特殊的东西开始了.
来自英汉非文学 - 历史
4. There follows the most amazing stow of conquest in the whole history of our race.
后来发生了我们人类整个历史上最令人惊奇的征服故事.
来自英汉非文学 - 历史
5. To illustrate his rule on earth we would here give a familiar stow.
