stow

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stow
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he / she / it stows
🔊/stəʊz/
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past simple stowed
🔊/stəʊd/
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past participle stowed
🔊/stəʊd/
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-ing form stowing
🔊/ˈstəʊɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. stow something (away) (in something) to put something in a safe place妥善放置;把…收好
    • She found a seat, stowed her backpack and sat down.她找到一个座位,把背包放好,坐了下来。🔊🔊
    • His passport was stowed away in the desk.他的护照被藏在桌子上。
    • The luggage was now safely stowed away in the back of the truck.行李现已安全地放在了卡车后部。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • neatly
    • safely
    preposition
    • in
    • on
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    Word Originlate Middle English: shortening of bestow.