pitchfork

FREQ #27305

n. 干草叉, 草靶, 音叉 vt. 骤然把...塞进, 骤然把...抛入

发音

其它 /ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/

词形变化

pitchforks 复数 pitchforks pitchforked pitchforking pitchforks 三单 pitchforking 现在分词 pitchforked 过去式 pitchforked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).

    杈

    叉

  2. 2.

    A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.

  3. 3.

    Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).

    非正式
  4. 4.

    A tuning fork.

    罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To toss or carry with a pitchfork.

    及物

    The hay was soon pitchforked onto the wagon.

  2. 2.

    To throw suddenly.

    比喻 及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

hand tool

部分词 1

tine
动词

同义词 1

fork

上位词 1

lift

词源

From Middle English pichfork, pycchefork, pychforke, pikeforke, pikkforke, pic-forcke, equivalent to pitch + fork.

来源：wiktionary