资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Steven \Ste"ven\, n. [AS. stefn, stemn, voice; akin to D. stem,
   G. stimme, Goth. stibna.]
   1. Voice; speech; language. [Obs. or Scot.]

            Ye have as merry a steven As any angel hath that is
            in heaven.                            --Chaucer.

   2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Obs.] --Spenser.

   {To set steven}, to make an appointment. [Obs.]

            They setten steven for to meet To playen at the
            dice.                                 --Chaucer.