stem2
verb (stemmed, stemming) [transitive]
1 to stop something from happening, spreading, or developing
stem the tide/flow/flood of something
The measures are meant to stem the tide of illegal immigration.
stem the growth/rise/decline etc
an attempt to stem the decline in profits
2 formal
to stop the flow of a liquid
A tight bandage should stem the bleeding.
말뭉치의 용례
• Two things stem directly from the location of a submarine eruption.
• Working through this despair, which stemmed from early childhood, was a long and painful task.
• This small act of concealment had partly stemmed from the fact that she herself had never had money.
• The exact date of its original building is disputed but it probably stems from the late fifth or early sixth century.
• Thomas' patronage stems from the many churches he built during his pilgrimages.
• Their recovery since then stems from winning several lucrative long-term Defence contracts.
• He used a rag to stem the bleeding.
stem the tide/flow/flood of something
• Church had effectively stemmed the flood of artists.
• Through this conservative normativist theory Dicey attempted to stem the tide of government growth in a collectivist direction.
• Both the Senate and the administration seemed powerless to stem the tide of hysteria.
• This illustrates the type of practical public health action that could be taken to stem the tide of obesity.
• Then she dropped her face into her hands, unable to stem the flood of tears a second longer.
• She stemmed the flow of tears that came, knowing they would sting his body.
• After the game Kasparov said that Karpov had to play 24 ... d3 to stem the flow of the White attack.
STEM /stem/
the abbreviation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, used especially when talking about education
어원 stem1 Old English stefn, stemn stem2 (1200-1300) Old Norse stemma. stem from (1900-2000) From → STEM1
stem
stem1
noun [countable]
1 the long thin part of a plant, from which leaves, flowers, or fruit grow 동의어 stalk
2 the long thin part of a wine glass, vase etc, between the base and the wide top
3 the narrow tube of a pipe used to smoke tobacco
4 → long-stemmed/short-stemmed etc
5 the part of a word that stays the same when different endings are added to it, for example ‘driv-’ in ‘driving’
말뭉치의 용례
• But the plant continually produces new stalks through the year, so there always should be some new stems to pick.
• It produces small, fragrant flowers that cluster on older stems.
• You can try anything from a single stem to a braided bunch with Antenna's new collection of flowery Monofibre extensions.
• The stem is thin and rooted.
• It looked like something pulled from the earth, a tuberous stem or fungus esteemed by gourmets.