stow

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stow /stəʊ $ stoʊ/ (also stow away) verb [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]

1 PUTto put or pack something tidily away in a space until you need it again 将…装好收起，妥善放置 SYN stash

I stowed my bag under the seat.

我把包收好放到座位底下。

equipment stowed away in a closet

收在贮藏室里的设备

2 stow away phrasal verbphr v HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto hide on a vehicle in order to travel secretly or without paying 无票偷乘

A boy was caught trying to stow away on a plane.

一个男孩试图逃票乘飞机被抓住。

→ stowaway

Examples from the Corpus

stow away• The sweaters hung beneath the open hatch, the sink was empty and the oilskins stowed away.• Our driver got the mail bags stowed away, and made his horses strike out in good style.• Customs officials discovered several illegal immigrants stowed away at the front of the ship.• The door closed, and Renwick could safely stow away his cigarette case.• The antique musical instruments had been stowed away in the glass-fronted cabinets.• At the age of thirteen Billing stowed away on a ship bound for Delagoa Bay.• Once the luggage was stowed away on board Penry lifted her on the deck of the Angharad and cast off.• With no money, his only hope of getting to New York was to stow away on the next ship.• He would have time to stow away the kohlrabi, the offal and the edenwort.• It seems, Freddie as he's been named, stowed away with a consignment of bananas from the Windward Islands.

Examples from the Corpus

stow• Our driver got the mail bags stowed away, and made his horses strike out in good style.• In the daytime the mattress is stowed away in that cupboard.• The sweaters hung beneath the open hatch, the sink was empty and the oilskins stowed away.• She stowed her luggage on the rack above her head and then sat down.• It would also be easy to take down and stow in stormy weather.• All of our camping equipment is stowed in the attic.• These four tubs had been stowed in the open midships section by the base of the foremast.• Trickles of rainwater dripped into the cabins and soaked any clothing that was not safely stowed in watertight kit-bags.• They should be packaged and stowed securely.• I paid the driver, stowed the chair, and guided the old man to some seats up the back.

Origin stow

(1300-1400) stow “place” ((11-14 centuries)), from Old English

stow verb

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