Значение

значений: 8
  1. 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.

    Pfahl, Pflock

    колkol, столбstolb, подпо́ркаpodpórka

    кілkil

    a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

    щеко́лдаščekólda, колkol

  4. (with definite article)The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.

    Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.

    Marterpfahl, Scheiterhaufen

    столбstolb

  5. A share or interest in a business or a given situation.

    The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.

    Anteil

    до́ляdólja, проце́нтprocént, уча́стиеučástije

  6. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.

    Einsatz, Poule

    ста́вкаstávka

  7. 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.

  8. (Mormonism)A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.

    Pfahl

    колkol

Примеры

предложений: 158
  1. I have to know what's at stake.

    Я должен знать, что стоит на кону.

  2. I think Tom knows what's at stake.

    Я думаю, Том знает, что на кону.

  3. I think that Tom knows what's at stake.

    Я думаю, Том знает, что на кону.

  4. My reputation is at stake.

    Моя репутация под угрозой.

    deMein Ruf steht auf dem Spiel.

  5. There's a lot at stake.

    Многое поставлено на кон.

    deEs steht viel auf dem Spiel.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 1
pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.:
Русский
По значениям 4
pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.:
upright stick to prevent goods falling off a cart:
share or interest in a business:
wager or pledge:
Deutsch
По значениям 4
pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.:
timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned:
share or interest in a business:
wager or pledge:

Происхождение

From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Ge

From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”).

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Формы

мн. число: stakes
Ед. числоstake
Мн. числоstakes

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 6
croquet:pegB2
Близкие по смыслу
  • the money risked on a gamble:stakesbetwager
  • a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track):post
  • (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something:interest

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 24

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