释义 |
tinetine /taɪn/ noun [countable] tineOrigin: Old English tind - In its panic it broke its antlers, shard by shard, tine by tine.
- Nor was it easy to design and make the two or more prongs or tines that distinguished the fork.
- One of the tines had been broken recently, possibly in an encounter with another bull, or perhaps with a tree.
- Walking through the old foundations, you discover broken bits of dinner plates and an occasional fork with its tines splayed.
a pointed part of something that has several points, for example a fork |