英语词汇“spike”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

spike

释义

a pointed object or projection usu made of metal, e.g. on the top of a wall or fence

any of several metal projections set in the sole and heel of a running shoe to improve grip

(in pl) track shoes

a pointed object or projection usu made of metal, e.g.:

any of a row of pointed iron projections on the top of a wall or fence

an upright metal rod on which rejected copy is impaled in a newspaper office

any of several metal projections set in the sole and heel of a running shoe to improve grip

a very large nail

(in pl) track shoes

a voltage pulse in a stimulated nerve

a pointed element in a graph or tracing

an unusually high and sharply defined maximum, e.g. on a graph

Brit, informal a hostel for homeless people

[Middle English, prob from early Dutch spiker]

to pierce (something) with or on a spike

to reject (newspaper copy)

to put an end to (e.g. a project)

to reject (newspaper copy) by impaling on a spike, or as if by impaling on a spike

to add spirits to (a non-alcoholic drink)

to add something, e.g. a drug, to (food)

to fasten, attach, or provide (something) with spikes

spike the soles of climbing boots

in volleyball, to drive (a ball) from a front-line position sharply downwards into an opponent's court

to suppress or thwart (something) completely

They spiked the rumour

to disable (a cannon loaded at the discharging end) temporarily by driving a spike into the hole through which the charge is ignited

spike somebody's guns

to foil an opponent's plan

spiker noun

an elongated cluster of flowers growing directly without stalks, from a single main stem

an ear of grain

[Middle English spik ear of corn, from Latin spica]

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