n.

1. （全体）职员，（全体）工作人员[C][G]
   The teaching staff of this college is/are excellent.

   这所大学的教师都是出类拔萃的。

   He's got some experts on the staff.

   他的职员中有一些专家。

2. 幕僚；参谋人员；参谋机构[C][G]
   I have a staff of 15.

   我有十五名幕僚。

3. 拐杖；棍；棒[C]
   The old man walked with a wooden staff.

   那老汉拄着木拐杖走路。

4. 职杖；权杖；牧杖[C]
5. 旗杆；标杆；标尺[C]
   The flag was flown at half-staff.

   那旗帜降了半旗。

6. （复数为staves）【音】五线谱[C]
7. 支柱，支撑[C]
   The boy was the staff and pride of their age.

   这男孩是他们老年时的依靠和骄傲。

vt.

1. 给……配备职员[H][（+with）]
   Our hospital is staffed with 30 doctors.

   我们医院有三十名医生。

n.

1. [treated as sing. or pl.] the employees of a particular organization.
   ▸a group of officers assisting an officer in command of an army formation or administration headquarters.
   ▸ (usu. Staff) short for staff sergeant.
2. a long stick used as a support or weapon.
   ▸a rod or sceptre held as a sign of office or authority.
   ▸Surveying  a rod for measuring distances or heights.
3. Brit. a spindle in a watch.
4. Music  another term for stave (in sense ²).
5. Brit. a token in the form of a rod given to a train driver as authority to proceed over a single-track line.

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