英:[ˈpɪtʃfɔ:k]
美:[ˈpɪtʃfɔrk]
英:[ˈpɪtʃfɔ:k]
美:[ˈpɪtʃfɔrk]
pitch·fork
pIch fork
复数:pitchforks
第三人称单数:pitchforks
现在分词:pitchforking
过去式:pitchforked
过去分词:pitchforked
Noun
1. a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay
Verb
1. lift with a pitchfork;
"pitchfork hay"
"草堆(等)用的叉子,常带一个长柄和两个齿,可用于提起和扔,公元14世纪中叶,受 pichen “投掷,刺,戳”(见 pitch (v.1))的影响而改变自中古英语 pic-forken(约为1200年),来源于 pik(见 pike (n.2))+ fork (n.)。动词“用草叉提起或扔掉”最早于1837年被证明。
The first known use of pitchfork was in the 13th century
pithyadjective
consisting of or filled with pith
being short and to the point
a pithy saying
pithyadjective
consisting of or filled with pith
being short and to the point
a pithy saying
pithnoun
the loose spongy tissue that forms the center of the stem in most plants and probably functions chiefly in storage
the spongy inside of a bone or feather
the essential part : core
the pith of the problem
pitfallnoun
trap entry 1 sense 1, snareespecially: a covered or camouflaged pit used to capture animals or people
a danger or difficulty that is hidden or is not easily recognized
pitfallnoun
trap entry 1 sense 1, snareespecially: a covered or camouflaged pit used to capture animals or people
a danger or difficulty that is hidden or is not easily recognized
piteousadjective
of a kind to move to pity
piteous cries for help
piteousadjective
of a kind to move to pity
piteous cries for help
pitchyadjective
full of pitch : tarry
of, relating to, or having the qualities of pitch
pitch-black
pitch1 of 4noun
a dark sticky substance left over from distilling tar and used in making roofing paper, in waterproofing seams, and in paving
resin from various cone-bearing trees
pitch2 of 4verb
to cover, smear, or treat with pitch
pitch3 of 4verb
to erect and fix firmly in place
pitch a tent
to throw usually toward a certain point
pitch hay into a wagon
to present or advertise especially in a high-pressure way
to fix or set at a particular pitch or level a test pitched at a 5th-grade reading level
pitch a tune too high
to cause to be set at a certain angle : slope
to fall or plunge forward
pitch from a cliff
to move in such a way that one end falls while the other end rises
a ship pitching in a rough sea
buck entry 2 sense 1a
a pitching horse
to throw a ball to a batter
to play ball as a pitcher
pitch4 of 4noun
the action or a manner of pitchingespecially: an up-and-down movement
slope or degree of slope
the forward distance advanced by a propeller as it makes one revolution
the amount or level of something (as a feeling)
excitement reached a high pitch
highness or lowness of sound
a standard frequency for tuning instruments
the oboe sounded the pitch
a high-pressure sales talk
recommendation sense 1
made a pitch for tax cuts
the delivery of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
pitchforknoun
a tool with a long handle and usually two to five metal prongs that is used especially in pitching hay
1 Papa stopped suddenly and leaned on his pitchfork.
2 The kid grew up surrounded by wooden planks and fertilizer—the shiniest object in his life was probably an old pitchfork.
3 When she got over the last rise, she started running, hurried over to where I was, and pulled me back from the trap, and the teeth snapped shut with a loud clang over the pitchfork.
4 And, also, maybe this is selfish of me, but I didn’t want people to come after this new chicken with pitchforks, like they did with Frankenstein.
5 I don’t want to go to hell with devils chasing me for eternity jabbing me with hot pitchforks.
6 "He killed a man with a pitchfork," Dad would say, nodding slyly toward some hulking farmer in bib overalls.
7 I will stare down the mob with their pitchforks!
8 I seized the handle to essay another trial; when a young man without coat, and shouldering a pitchfork, appeared in the yard behind.
我握住门柄又试一回。这时一个没穿外衣的年轻人,扛着一根草耙,在后面院子里出现了。
9 One wore muddy coveralls and leaned threateningly on a pitchfork.
10 Every tiny noise made her startle, pitchfork in hand.
11 “Use the handle of the pitchfork. Knock me down. Hit me in the head. Then run for the swamp!”
12 I watch him pitchfork the spaghetti down his gullet.
13 A pitchfork and shovel lay against the cabin; I took the pitchfork, just in case there was danger, and sped down the path.
14 He continued on his way to Håkon, who was still trying to dislodge the pitchfork from around his neck.
15 She managed to glide to earth and made a crash landing on a hillside, where local people greeted her armed with pitchforks, sticks, and rifles—they’d thought her falling plane might be a German fighter.
16 “You take the pitchfork. I call the rake,” I told Juanita.
17 A pitchfork was embedded in a jacaranda tree.
18 The pitchfork tines straightened, and all the instruments returned to their original places.
19 Osh handed me a bushel basket and, armed with a pitchfork, began to harvest seaweed from the wrack line.
20 The pitchfork whizzed over them both to bury itself in a tree.