| 单词 | spike |
| 释义 | spike (spaɪk ) Word forms: spikes , spiking, spiked 1. countable noun A spike is a long piece of metal with a sharp point. ...a 15-foot wall topped with iron spikes. Yellowing receipts had been impaled on a metal spike. Synonyms: point, stake, spur, pin 2. countable noun Any long pointed object can be referred to as a spike. Her hair stood out in spikes. ...a long spike of white flowers. [+ of] 3. countable noun If there is a spike in the price, volume, or amount of something, the price, volume, or amount of it suddenly increases. During the war, there was a small spike in interest. [+ in] A spike in flu cases around the Christmas period was blamed for piling pressure on already stretched A&Es. [+ in] 4. verb If the price, volume, or amount of something spikes, it suddenly increases. Mortgage approvals spiked in December and January. [V ] Baked crisps have less fat than fried but can still cause blood-sugar levels to spike. [V ] 5. plural noun [oft a pair of NOUN] Spikes are a pair of sports shoes with pointed pieces of metal attached to the soles. They help runners' feet to grip the ground when they are running. 6. verb [usually passive] If your drink is spiked, someone has added alcohol or drugs to it without telling you. [informal] They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked. [be VERB-ed] ...drinks spiked with tranquillisers. [VERB-ed] 7. See also spiked Idioms: spike someone's guns [British] to prevent someone from carrying out their plans, or to do something to make their actions ineffective She was agreeable and competent and spiked the guns of the critics who were out to demolish her. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: steel spike There are still places where all planting has to be done with a big steel spike. Times, Sunday Times This would involve hammering a barbed steel spike into the touch-hole, which could be removed only with great difficulty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Radio transmitters are housed in the lower part of the concrete tower with antennas attached to the steel spike. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They guided it home and drove in steel spikes to bolt it in place. Times, Sunday Times One possibility involved the replacement of the steel spikes with alternatives made from carbon fibre, although the report underlined the necessity for extensive testing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A sudden spike in car and train use set alarm bells ringing that many people have grown restless and are breaking out. The Sun Was there a sudden spike in demand and, if so, why? Times, Sunday Times All the incidents took place over a few days, causing a sudden spike in crime in the town. Times, Sunday Times The yen's sudden spike could be made even more acute as successive tiers of investors, who may include some very large hedge funds, unwind their exposure to its soaring volatility. Times, Sunday Times Why the sudden spike in exercise? Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a tall spike rising out of a rosette of large leaves. Times, Sunday Times In its first year it forms rosettes of hairy, silvery leaves and in the second it erupts with a tall spike of blue flowers. Times, Sunday Times The flowers are magenta to dark pink, 710 mm long, with 2050 or more flowers in a tall spike. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The flowers are produced on a tall spike, each flower 1-1.5 cm long, most commonly blue to purple in wild plants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The wide curved awnings over windows on each story and the tall spike emerging from the top of the building only coincidentally resembles a stack of records on a turntable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 长金属锥 Japanese: 大くぎ |
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