prong
n. 叉状物, 耙子 vt. 刺, 贯穿, 翻掘
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1.
A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
a pitchfork with four prongs
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2.
A branch; a fork.
比喻the two prongs of a river
the second prong of the argument
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3.
A fork (agricultural tool).
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4.
The penis.
非正式2008, Andy Zaltzman on The Bugle podcast, episode 34, You Will Know Us By Our Knobbly Fruit. Hang on... That looks like... No, it can't be. Is that my wang!? Micky Paintbrush, have you painted my papal prong on that nudy man!?
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To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong.
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From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), from prangen (“to press, pinch”), from Old Saxon *prangan, from Proto-West Germanic *prangan, from Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”). Akin to Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”), Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”), σπάργανον (spárganon, “swaddling cloth”). See also prank, prance, prink.
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