stake
英 [ste?k]
美[stek]
- n. 樁，棍子；賭注；火刑；獎金
- vt. 資助，支持；系…于樁上；把…押下打賭
- vi. 打賭
- n. (Stake)人名；(瑞典)斯塔克
英英釋意
- 1. (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something;
- "they have interests all over the world"
- "a stake in the company's future"
- 2. a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track);
- "a pair of posts marked the goal"
- "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
- 3. instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
- 4. the money risked on a gamble