pike

noun

/paɪk/

Idioms

(plural pike)
a large freshwater fish with very sharp teeth狗鱼；梭子鱼Topics Fish and shellfishc2
a weapon with a sharp blade (= metal cutting edge) on a long wooden handle, used in the past by soldiers on foot长矛
(also turnpike)
(North American English) a wide road, where traffic can travel fast for long distances and that drivers must pay a toll to use收费公路
(dialect) a pointed top of a hill in the north of England（英格兰北部的）山峰，陡峰
- the Langdale Pikes兰代尔皮克

词源sense 1 Middle English: from pike ‘weapon’ (because of the fish's pointed jaw).sense 2 and sense 4 early 16th cent.: from French pique, back-formation from piquer ‘pierce’, from pic ‘pick, pike’; compare with Old English pīc ‘point, prick’ (of unknown origin). Sense (4) is apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with West Norwegian dialect pīk ‘pointed mountain’.

Idioms

come down the pike

(North American English, informal) to happen; to become easy to notice发生；显现
- We're hearing a lot about new inventions coming down the pike.我们经常听说新发明不断问世。

pike

verb

/paɪk/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they pike	/paɪk/ /paɪk/
he / she / it pikes	/paɪks/ /paɪks/
past simple piked	/paɪkt/ /paɪkt/
past participle piked	/paɪkt/ /paɪkt/
-ing form piking	/ˈpaɪkɪŋ/ /ˈpaɪkɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs