stake
/steɪk/ 名词 B2中文： 木桩
- A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay. · We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
- A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
- A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
- The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned. · Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.
- A share or interest in a business or a given situation. · The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.
- That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
- A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
- A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
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My honor is at stake,” said Anne solemnly.
The flat was accordingly pushed off, scraping roughly over an old embedded stake in the process.
That sharp stake at the landing had torn off the strip of batting nailed on the flat.
By good luck you came along and pulled me off the stake, and from what you say I am sure the Great Oz will give me brains as soon as we get to the Emerald City.”
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