0 a central part of something from which other parts can develop or grow, or which forms a support -- 主幹
1 the part of a word that is left after you take off the ending -- 詞幹
2 the small part on the side of a watch that you turn to move the hands (= parts that point to the numbers), or to make the watch operate -- （手錶的）發條轉柄，撥針柄
3 the main supporting structure at the front of a ship -- （船）艏，艏柱
4 to stop something unwanted from spreading or increasing -- 阻擋；阻止；遏制
5 abbreviation for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (as subjects of study) -- 科學、技術、工程和數學（ Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics的縮寫）
Integration of proliferation versus differentiation signals that regulate trophoblast stem cell fate.
There are intrinsic limitations to governmentality, which stem from the market mechanism and come to light via its scientific study.
Each time the roller passed over the flax stem some of the shive separated from the fibre.
Music stemming from literary or visual contexts presents particular problems when it comes to deciding what is appropriate knowledge.
The stems were prepared as described above, and infested with prey as for the mixed prey density treatment (iv) previously described.
Problems stem from poor recall and poor precision.
The oral morphological aspect of our study focuses on two nominal constructions that undergo linear suffixation with and without stem change.
Thus, only when the stress of the ending is zero is the stress in the word placed in the stem.
