| 单词 | stake |
| 释义 | stake 1. n. & v. --n 1. a stout stick or post sharpened at one end and driven into the ground as a support, boundary mark, etc. 2. hist. a the post to which a person was tied to be burnt alive. b (prec. by the) death by burning as a punishment (was condemned to the stake). 3. a long vertical rod in basket-making. 4. a metalworker's small anvil fixed on a bench by a pointed prop. --vtr. 1. fasten, secure, or support with a stake or stakes. 2. (foll. by off, out) mark off (an area) with stakes. 3. state or establish (a claim). Phrases and idioms pull (or pull up) stakes depart; go to live elsewhere. stake-boat a boat anchored to mark the course for a boat race etc. stake-body (pl. -ies) US a body for a lorry etc. having a flat open platform with removable posts along the sides. stake-net a fishing-net hung on stakes. stake out colloq. 1. place under surveillance. 2. place (a person) to maintain surveillance. stake-out n. esp. US colloq. a period of surveillance. Etymology: OE staca f. WG, rel. to STICK(2) 2. n. & v. --n 1. a sum of money etc. wagered on an event, esp. deposited with a stakeholder. 2. (often foll. by in) an interest or concern, esp. financial. 3. (in pl.) a money offered as a prize esp. in a horse-race. b such a race (maiden stakes; trial stakes). --vtr. 1. a wager (staked {pound}5 on the next race). b risk (staked everything on convincing him). 2. US colloq. give financial or other support to. Phrases and idioms at stake 1. risked, to be won or lost (life itself is at stake). 2. at issue, in question. Derivatives staker n. Etymology: 16th c.: perh. f. STAKE(1) |
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