| 单词 | foot stake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot stake foot stake n. †(a) an upright support for something (obsolete); †(b) = footstalk n. 1 (obsolete); (c) any stake at the bottom or end of something (somewhat rare). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests > pedestal footstoneOE foot stakea1382 basec1450 pedestal1563 footpath1580 footstall1585 basisa1616 postament1738 footstalk1787 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xxxvi. 24 Two fotestakis vnder o table weren putt, at eyþer party of þe corners. 1678 tr. M. Charas Royal Pharmacopœa ii. i. xx. 145 They have a little footstake which fastens them to a rib like the bunch of a Grape. 1839 Gardener's Mag. Oct. 546 The cords alone, made fast to very short foot-stakes, would have been equally effective. 1865 T. E. Fuller Boy's Holiday Bk. 215 A stake called the foot-stake is driven in, say ten feet from the boundary which forms the base of operation. 2011 U.S. Fed News (Nexis) 29 Mar. A foot stake is connected to the bottom of the post and can be alternatively positioned in the ground or in a support base. < as lemmas |
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