英语词汇“stake a claim”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

stake a claim

释义

claim /klām/

transitive verb

To demand or assert as a right
To maintain or assert
To call for
To take (life)

intransitive verb

To make a claim (on one's insurance policy, etc)

noun

A demand for something supposed due
An assertion that something is a fact
A right or ground for demanding
The thing claimed, esp a piece of land appropriated by a miner
(Spenser clame) a call, shout

ORIGIN: OFr claimer, from L clāmāre to call out

claimˈable adjective

That can be claimed

claimˈant noun

A person who makes a claim
A person who commences a lawsuit against another person

claimˈer noun

claiming race noun (US)

A race in which any horse having taken part in the race may be bought at a previously fixed price by anyone starting a horse at the meeting (cf selling race)

claimˈ-jumper noun

A person who takes possession of another's mining claim

claims assessor noun

An assessor employed by an insurance company, usu in motor accident claims

jump a claim

To take possession of another's mining claim

lay claim to

To assert a right to

stake a claim see under stake¹

stake¹ /stāk/

noun

A stick or pole pointed at one end
A post
A post to which someone condemned to be burned was tied (historical)
Hence, death or martyrdom by burning
A tinsmith's anvil
An administrative division of the Mormon Church

transitive verb

To fasten to or with, to protect, shut, support, furnish, pierce, with a stake or stakes
To mark the bounds of with stakes (often with off or out)

ORIGIN: OE staca stake

stake boat noun

A boat anchored as a marker for a boat race, or to which other boats may be moored

stake net noun

A net hung on stakes

stake a claim

(for or to) to assert one's right to or desire to possess

stake out (informal)

To place (a person, etc) under surveillance (stakeˈ-out noun)

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claim /klām/

stake1 /stāk/

stake¹ /stāk/