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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Staff \Staff\, n. [G. staffiren to fill or fit out, adorn, fr.
   D. stoffeeren, OF. estoffer, F. ['e]toffer, fr. OF. estoffe
   stuff, F. ['e]toffe. See {Stuff}, n.] (Arch.)
   Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be
   suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for
   forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can
   be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger
   structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and
   concealed with fresh plaster.

Staff \Staff\, n.; pl. {Staves} (? or ?; 277) or {Staffs}in
   senses 1-9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS. st[ae]f a staff;
   akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries stef, G. stab, Icel. stafr, Sw.
   staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr.
   sth[=a]pay to cause to stand, to place. See {Stand}, and cf.
   {Stab}, {Stave}, n.]
   1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an
      instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many
      purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or
      pike.

            And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of
            the altar to bear it withal.          --Ex. xxxviii.
                                                  7.

            With forks and staves the felon to pursue. --Dryden.

   2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a
      person walking; hence, a support; that which props or
      upholds. ``Hooked staves.'' --Piers Plowman.

            The boy was the very staff of my age. --Shak.

            He spoke of it [beer] in ``The Earnest Cry,'' and
            likewise in the ``Scotch Drink,'' as one of the
            staffs of life which had been struck from the poor
            man's hand.                           --Prof.
                                                  Wilson.

   3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a
      badge of office; as, a constable's staff.

            Methought this staff, mine office badge in court,
            Was broke in twain.                   --Shak.

            All his officers brake their staves; but at their
            return new staves were delivered unto them.
                                                  --Hayward.

   4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

   5. The round of a ladder. [R.]

            I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and
            thirty-nine staves.                   --Dr. J.
                                                  Campbell (E.
                                                  Brown's
                                                  Travels).

   6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded,
      the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

            Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for
            an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. --Dryden.

   7. (Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is
      written; -- formerly called stave.

   8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

   9. (Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife,
      used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

   10. [From {Staff}, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.) An
       establishment of officers in various departments attached
       to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander
       of an army. The general's staff consists of those
       officers about his person who are employed in carrying
       his commands into execution. See {['E]tat Major}.

   11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect
       the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff
       of a newspaper.

   {Jacob's staff} (Surv.), a single straight rod or staff,
      pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the
      ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used,
      instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.

   {Staff angle} (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush
      with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles
      of plastering, to prevent their being damaged.

   {The staff of life}, bread. ``Bread is the staff of life.''
      --Swift.

   {Staff tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Celastrus},
      mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The
      American species ({C. scandens}) is commonly called
      {bittersweet}. See 2d {Bittersweet}, 3
       (b) .

   {To set}, or {To put}, {up, or down}, {one's staff}, to take
      up one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.]

資料來源 : WordNet®

staff
     v 1: provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"
     2: serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception
        desk"

staff
     n 1: personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an
          assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing
          staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine
          decisions"
     2: the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the
        dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the
        university" [syn: {faculty}]
     3: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian
        purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
     4: building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to
        cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an
        exposition) or for decoration
     5: a rod carried as a symbol
     6: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the
        musical notes are written [syn: {stave}]