| 单词 | to drive stakes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drive stakes e. Phrases. (U.S.) to pick up stakes, to pull up stakes, to move stakes: to move one's habitation. Similarly to drive stakes, to set stakes, to stick one's stakes: to pitch one's camp or tent, to settle. to tie (someone) to the stake: see tie v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > change residence remove1388 flit1504 shift1530 to pull up stakes1703 movea1707 emigrate1841 uproota1961 to pick up stakes1974 society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence wickc897 telda1325 buildc1340 nestlea1382 to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400 to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425 to take one's lodgec1475 reside1490 inhabit1548 to settle one's rest1562 to sit down1579 to set up (or in) one's staff (of rest)1584 to set (up) one's rest1590 nest1591 to set down one's rest1591 roost1593 inherit1600 habituate1603 seat1612 to take up (one's) residencea1626 settle1627 pitch1629 fix1638 locate1652 to marry and settle1718 domesticate1768 domiciliate1815 to hang up one's hat1826 domicile1831 to stick one's stakes1872 homestead1877 to put down roots1882 to hang one's hat1904 localize1930 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > stake claim to set stakes1949 1703 S. Sewall Diary 15 Apr. (1973) I. 484 Went to my Bounds, asserted them,..then ordered Kibbee to pull up the Stakes. Told Mr. Lynde's Tenants what my Bounds were..; forwarn'd them of coming there to set any Stakes. 1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South I. 83 When they have exhausted one hunting-ground, [the Indians] pull up stakes, and incontinently march off to another. 1830 Massachusetts Spy 15 Dec. 1/4 Our departed emigrants..pulled up stakes,..and returned post haste to the good old town of Springfield. 1869 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp 178 He built the shanty..lest titles should fall through, and we'd have to get up and move stakes farther down. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 184 Where he settles, there he stakes or sticks his stakes. 1906 Outing Feb. 605/2 After drifting about several years I finally drove stakes on the Spokane River. 1924 ‘R. Daly’ Outpost xvii. 165 I've sometimes thought of pulling up stakes and pushing further into the mountains. 1949 Boston Globe 15 May (Fiction Mag.) 6/2 We'll set our stakes, an' I'll slip down to Dawson an' record the claim. 1974 ‘M. Allen’ Super Tour (1975) i. 23 ‘I'm assuming you're in a position to pick up stakes in a hurry.’ ‘As long as it will take to pack two bags.’ 1980 Dallas Times Herald 10 May (Week End Suppl.) 6/1 The economic incentive that Europeans once had to pull up stakes and move to America. < as lemmas |
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