Spike

[spaɪk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; 'spikes provide greater traction'.

(noun.) a large stout nail; 'they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie'.

(noun.) any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object; 'the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order'.

(noun.) a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal); 'one of the spikes impaled him'.

(noun.) a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur).

(noun.) each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves); 'the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game'; 'golfers' spikes damage the putting greens'.

(noun.) a transient variation in voltage or current.

(noun.) a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline; 'the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor'.

(noun.) (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis.

(verb.) manifest a sharp increase; 'the voltage spiked'.

(verb.) add alcohol to (beverages); 'the punch is spiked!'.

(verb.) bring forth a spike or spikes; 'my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now'.

(verb.) secure with spikes.

(verb.) stand in the way of.

錄入:洛伦佐--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

(n.) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

(n.) An ear of corn or grain.

(n.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

(v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.

(v. t.) To set or furnish with spikes.

(v. t.) To fix on a spike.

(v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.

(n.) Spike lavender. See Lavender.

編輯:洛拉

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Ear (of grain), head.[2]. Large nail.

卡斯特罗校對

解釋/意思:

n. an ear of corn: (bot.) an inflorescence in which sessile flowers or flowers having very short stalks are arranged around an axis: a small pointed rod: a large nail.—v.t. to set with spikes: to stop the vent of with a cast-iron spike driven in hard and then broken off as by soldiers obliged to abandon their own guns or unable to remove those of the enemy which they have captured.—adjs. Spī′cate Spī′cose Spī′cous having spikes or ears like corn; Spicif′erous bearing spikes: having spurs; Spī′ciform having the form of a spike.—n. Spicos′ity state of being spicous or eared.—adjs. Spic′ūlar resembling a dart: in the shape of or having sharp points; Spic′ūlate covered with or divided into minute points.—n. Spic′ūle (bot.) a little spike—also Spic′ūla: a minute slender granule or point.—adjs. Spic′ulīform; Spicūlig′enous Spicūlif′erous producing spicules; Spic′ūlōse Spic′ūlous having spicules.—ns. Spic′ūlum a spicule; Spike′bill a merganser a sawbill: the marbled godwit.—p.adj. Spiked furnished fastened or stopped with spikes.—ns. Spike′-extract′or an apparatus for drawing out spikes as from railway-ties; Spike′-fish a kind of sail-fish; Spike′-grass one of several American grasses with conspicuous spikelets of flowers; Spike′let a little spike; Spike′-nail a spike; Spike′-oil the oil of spike a species of lavender; Spike′-plank a platform before the mizzen-mast of a vessel used in Arctic voyages.—adj. Spī′ky furnished with spikes: having a sharp point.

整理:米切尔