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单词 three-pronged
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Definition of three-pronged in English:

three-pronged

adjective
  • 1Having three projecting, pointed parts.

    a three-pronged hook
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After climbing a few pitches, I found the three-pronged toe to be particularly effective on thin ice.
    • I've three bolts on the door and I keep a three-pronged fork in the sitting-room for protection, just in case.
    • It's enormous, with gilt metal chandeliers, wall candelabra, a ceiling painted with clouds and cherubs and a golden statue of some old man with a three-pronged fork - Neptune, I suppose.
    • After being arrested, the 16-year-old teenager was later found to have superficial injuries, consistent with being in contact with a three-pronged instrument.
    • I've not forgotten the night she first received her three-pronged cane.
    • The six-foot, six-inch fiberglass rod is armed with a three-pronged stainless steel ‘paralyzer’ tip, and a comfy rubber grip midway down the handle helps provide an accurate slingshot.
    • She is an assassin who wields three-pronged daggers and has obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    • A teenage boy was fighting for his life in hospital yesterday, after a three-pronged harpoon was shot into his eye during a late night row.
    1. 1.1 (especially of an attack or operation) having three separate parts.
      a three-pronged attack from the north
      a three-pronged assault on the ailing economy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They made a three-pronged approach into the city.
      • He suggested a three-pronged strategy to contain corruption: simplification of rules, transparency and an effective punishment mechanism.
      • They would advance in a three-pronged attack, highly visible from the walls of the castle.
      • The task force would have a three-pronged plan of attack.
      • The three-pronged aim is to be Europe's leading exchange, to be a shaper of the globalisation of capital markets and to create value for shareholders.
      • The unit is part of a three-pronged attack at increasing convictions in North Yorkshire and York which includes police and prosecutors working from the same file for each case instead of having separate files.
      • Hours later, hundreds of tribal fighters in small groups launched a three-pronged attack and climbed narrow mountain trails under the cover of tank fire.
      • A three-pronged inquiry is now taking place to determine whether it has been started deliberately or accidentally.
      • The new unit is part of a three-pronged approach aimed at disrupting local drugs markets and tackling drug related crime.
      • As for baits, you should opt for a three-pronged attack, never knowing what may be required.
      • Perfection is what I'm after and, to accomplish that, I'm using a three-pronged attack.
      • And tomorrow's bill is understood to include a three-pronged approach to guaranteeing rights culminating in a proposed tribunal system.
      • But the three-pronged attack failed, though in the main action known as the battle of Bloody Ridge, fought against a Raider battalion, some Japanese came within 900m.
      • Taking the initiative entails a three-pronged course of action.
      • The creation of the new homes was a part of a three-pronged attack to address the issue of more and more children being taken in to care.
      • He planned to use his three divisions for a three-pronged attack.
      • William planned a three-pronged attack on Alva using Louis of Nassau and the French Huguenots.
      • The fund takes a three-pronged approach to stock selection.
      • This must be a three-pronged strategy; not simply an ambassadorial role.
      • This three-pronged attack of efficient search algorithms, opening libraries and endgame databases has already been applied extremely successfully to draughts.
 
 
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