| 单词 | stakeout |
| 释义 | stakeout[ steyk-out ] / ˈsteɪkˌaʊt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stakeout ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe surveillance of a location by the police, as in anticipation of a crime or the arrival of a wanted person. the place from which such surveillance is carried out. something that is bounded or separated by or as if by stakes, especially property, territory, or the like that one identifies or claims as one's own. Origin of stakeoutFirst recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase stake out Words nearby stakeoutstake body, Staked Plain, stakeholder, stakeholder pension, stake horse, stakeout, stake race, stake truck, Stakhanov, Stakhanovism, Stakhanovite Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stakeout
British Dictionary definitions for stakeoutstakeout / (ˈsteɪkaʊt) slang, mainly US and Canadian / nouna police surveillance of an area, house, or criminal suspect an area or house kept under such surveillance verb stake out(tr, adverb) to keep under surveillance Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with stakeoutstake out Keep an area or person under police surveillance; also, assign someone to conduct such a surveillance. For example, They staked out the house, or He was staked out in the alley, watching for drug dealers. [c. 1940] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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