单词 | stake |
释义 | stake (stāk) n. 1. A piece of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a marker, fence pole, or tent peg. 2. a. A vertical post to which an offender is bound for execution by burning. b. Execution by burning. Used with the: condemned to the stake. 3. A vertical post secured in a socket at the edge of a platform, as on a truck bed, to help retain the load. 4. Mormon Church A territorial division consisting of a group of wards under the jurisdiction of a president. 5. Sports & Games a. often stakes Money or property risked in a wager or gambling game. b. The prize awarded the winner of a contest or race. c. A race offering a prize to the winner, especially a horserace in which the prize consists of money contributed equally by the horse owners. 6. a. A share or an interest in an enterprise, especially a financial share. b. Personal interest or involvement: a stake in her children's future. 7. Something, such as a crucial change or grave consequence, that may result from a situation: The stakes are high in the mayoral election. 8. A grubstake. tr.v. staked, stak·ing, stakes Phrasal Verb: 1. a. To mark the location or limits of with stakes. Often used with out: staked out a garden patch. b. To claim, establish, or register as one's own. Often used with out: staked out a mining claim at the office; staked out a place for herself in the library. 2. a. To fasten, secure, or support with a stake or stakes: staked down the tent; staked the shrubs. b. To tether or tie to a stake. c. To impale with a stake. 3. To gamble or risk; hazard: staked his week's pay on the horse race; staked the campaign on a promise of a tax cut. 4. To provide with money; finance: staked him to the money for the tickets. 5. Sports To provide a lead for: Her homer staked her team to a two-run lead. stake out Idiom: 1. To keep (a building, for example) under surveillance. 2. To assign (a police officer, for example) to an area to conduct surveillance: The police were staked out across the street from the apartment. at stake At risk; in question. [Middle English, from Old English staca.] |
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