Stake



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.柱子; 赌注
• ［英］ n.柱子 ( a pointed piece of wood driven into the ground) ; 赌注 ( something staked for gain or loss)
• ［类］ invest : capital / gamble : stake ( 投资投入资本 / 赌博投入赌注)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English staca; akin to Middle Low German stake pole, and perhaps to Latin tignum beam
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a pointed piece of wood or other material driven or to be driven into the ground as a marker or support
• 2.
  • a. a post to which a person is bound for execution by burning
  • b. execution by burning at a stake
• 3.
  • a. something that is staked for gain or loss
  • b. the prize in a contest
  • c. an interest or share in an undertaking or enterprise
• 4. a Mormon territorial jurisdiction comprising a group of wards
• 5. grubstake
• 6. stakes race — usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.

II. transitive verb (staked; staking)

• Date: 14th century
• 1. to mark the limits of by or as if by stakes
• 2. to tether to a stake
• 3. bet, wager
• 4. to fasten up or support (as plants) with stakes
• 5. to back financially
• 6. grubstake

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