1.(post)桩；标桩；篱笆桩
2.【赌博】(money that must be bet)赌金；赌注
3.(investment)股份；股本
4.【铁路】(post on railway wagon)(防止所载货物滑落的)桩杆, 栅栏柱
5.【史】(method of execution)火刑
6.【宗】(administrative district)基督教教区；基督教主教管区
7.at stake
(at risk)处于危险中；存亡攸关
Two lives are at stake.两条生命受到威胁。
There's a great deal of money at stake.有一大笔钱存在风险。
At stake are more than 20,000 jobs in Britain's aerospace sector.英国航空航天业两万多个工作岗位处境岌岌可危。