| 释义 |
●stake (out) a/your ˈclaim to sb/sthsay that you have a special interest in sb/sth, or have a right to own sth, especially to warn other people not to take it 声言拥有某人／某物；宣称某人／某物属于自己◆Both countries have staked out a claim to the land.两国都宣称对该地区拥有主权。 ORIGIN If you staked out your claim to some land, you put stakes (= wooden posts) in the ground to mark the limits of land that you claimed was yours. 旧时在宣称对某片土地拥有主权时，要把木桩（stakes）插在地上以示地界。 |