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单词 pikers
释义

pike2 /pīk/

noun
  1. A weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head like a spear, formerly used by foot soldiers
  2. A sharp point
  3. A spiked staff
  4. A sharp-pointed hill or summit
  5. A pick (dialect)
transitive verb
  1. To kill or pierce with a pike
  2. To pick (dialect)
ORIGIN: OE pīc pick, spike; but also partly from Fr pic with the same meaning, and pique the weapon, and prob partly from Scand

piked /pīkt or pīkˈid/ adjective

  1. Spiked
  2. Ending in a point

pīkˈer noun

  1. Someone who picks (dialect)
  2. A pilferer (dialect)

pikeˈ-head noun

The head of a pike or spear

pikeˈman noun

  1. A man armed with a pike
  2. Someone who wields a pick

pikeˈstaff noun

  1. The staff or shaft of a pike
  2. A staff with a pike at the end

plain as a pikestaff (orig packstaff)

Perfectly plain or clear

pike3 /pīk/

noun
  1. A turnpike
  2. A toll
  3. A main road (US)
ORIGIN: Short for turnpike

pīˈker noun

A tramp

pikeˈ-keeper or pikeˈman noun

A man in charge of a turnpike

pike5 /pīk/

intransitive verb
  1. To renege on a commitment (Aust and NZ informal)
  2. To speed (old informal)
transitive verb (obsolete)

To betake (oneself) quickly

ORIGIN: Perh orig get oneself a pikestaff (a pilgrim's spiked staff); perh Fr piquer to spur

pīkˈer noun

  1. A person who bets, gambles, speculates, or does anything else in a very small way
  2. A shirker or mean character (slang)
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