| 释义 |
pronged, a.|prɒŋd|
[f. prong n.2 + -ed2.]
Furnished with or having prongs.
1767Collinson in Phil. Trans. LVII. 466 The pronged teeth are like to agate. 1813Scott Trierm. i. xiii, Wicket of oak..And prong'd portcullis. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. v, I observed a pronged head disappearing behind a swell in the prairie. 1863–76T. B. Curling Dis. Rectum (ed. 4) 54, I..generally use the pronged forceps.
b. Often in Comb. with a numeral, as two-pronged, three-pronged, four-pronged.
1799Hull Advertiser 6 July 3/3 Eating..with a three-pronged fork. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxxix, Very mountebanks of two-pronged forks. 1897Outing (U.S.) Feb. 440/1 A four pronged buck and a big doe running together. |