pricket

n. 二岁雄鹿, 烛台

发音

UK /ˈpɹɪkɪt/

词形变化

prickets 复数 prickets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A candle.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    A spike for holding a single candle.

  3. 3.

    A male deer in its second year, whose antlers have not yet branched.

    Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, spitter

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

spike deer cervid

整体词 2

candlestick candleholder

词源

From Middle English precat, preket, priket, pryket; equivalent to prick + -et. Earlier currency of the Middle English word is apparently implied by surnames and borrowings into Latin and Anglo-Norman.

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