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

A prong, like a spike, a tine, or a spoke, is something that sticks out and is pointy. The prongs of your fork are useful for spearing food and delivering it to your mouth.

Besides forks, many other objects have prongs, from hoes and rakes to electrical plugs to an animal's horns or antlers (in fact there's a specific group of antelopes commonly called pronghorns). Before it was spelled prong, the word was prange, "pointed instrument," from the Anglo-Latin pronga, "pointed tool," and possibly the Germanic prange, "stick."

WORD FAMILY

prong: prongs

USAGE EXAMPLES

There’s something about the Mad Max-looking metal cup with a long copper prong and industrial “JikoPower” logo that grabs people’s attention.

Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016)

Police say the man became agitated and pulled the electric prongs from his body, prompting the officers to retreat to a railed porch.

Washington Times(Oct 28, 2016)

Or the two-inch darts on the prong may have brought fungi deeper when it struck near significant blood vessels.

Washington Post(Oct 10, 2016)

n a pointed projection

Hypo|Hyper

tine

prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler

projection

any structure that branches out from a central support

单词	prong
释义	prong (once / 6563 pages) n A prong, like a spike, a tine, or a spoke, is something that sticks out and is pointy. The prongs of your fork are useful for spearing food and delivering it to your mouth. Besides forks, many other objects have prongs, from hoes and rakes to electrical plugs to an animal's horns or antlers (in fact there's a specific group of antelopes commonly called pronghorns). Before it was spelled prong, the word was prange, "pointed instrument," from the Anglo-Latin pronga, "pointed tool," and possibly the Germanic prange, "stick." WORD FAMILY prong: prongs USAGE EXAMPLES There’s something about the Mad Max-looking metal cup with a long copper prong and industrial “JikoPower” logo that grabs people’s attention. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) Police say the man became agitated and pulled the electric prongs from his body, prompting the officers to retreat to a railed porch. Washington Times(Oct 28, 2016) Or the two-inch darts on the prong may have brought fungi deeper when it struck near significant blood vessels. Washington Post(Oct 10, 2016) n a pointed projection Hypo\|Hyper tine prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler projection any structure that branches out from a central support
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