| 释义 |
stake1/steik/ n. & v.●n. 1 a stout stick or post sharpened at one end and driven into the ground as a support, boundary mark, etc. 桩，标桩，篱笆桩 2 hist. [史义]a the post to which a person was tied to be burnt alive 火刑柱 b (prec. by 前接 the) death by burning as a punishment 火刑 was condemned to the stake 被判处火刑 3 a long vertical rod in basket-making (竹编篮子的)竖向基杆 4 a metalworker's small anvil fixed on a bench by a pointed prop (铁匠用的)小铁砧 ●v. tr. 1 fasten, secure, or support with a stake or stakes 把…系于桩上，用桩支撑 2 (foll. by 后跟 off, out) mark off (an area) with stakes 立桩标出…的界限；用桩把…围起 3 state or establish (a claim) 立界标以表明(所有权) □ pull (or pull up) stakes depart; go to live elsewhere 离开；搬家，迁址 □ stake out colloq. [口] 1 place under surveillance 监视 2 place (a person) to maintain surveillance 派(人)进行监视 [Old English staca from West Germanic: related to STICK2] |