spiky

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a. 大钉一般的, 长而尖的, 钉满钉子的, 有穗的

发音

US /ˈspaɪki/
其它
UK /ˈspaɪki/

词形变化

spikier 比较级 more spiky 比较级 spikiest 最高级 most spiky 最高级

别名

spikey

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a plant: producing spikes (“ears (as of corn); inflorescences in which sessile flowers are arranged on unbranched elongated axes”).

    生物 植物学
  2. 2.

    Of a plant part: resembling a spike of a plant (see above).

    生物 植物学
  3. 1.

    Having one or more spikes; spiny.

    生物 植物学
  4. 2.

    Resembling spikes: erect and having sharp points; spikelike.

    生物 植物学
  5. 3.

    Of a person or their nature: difficult to deal with; abrasive, hostile, unfriendly.

    比喻 生物 植物学

    a spiky personality

  6. 4.

    Of a thing: not smooth; rough, sharp.

    比喻 生物 植物学
  7. 5.

    Excessively high church (“practising a formal style of liturgy and emphasizing continuity with Catholicism”).

    贬义 比喻 俚语 生物 植物学

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

peaky

近义相关 2

high high-pitched

词源

From spike (“kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense “having the quality of”). Spike is derived from Middle English spik, spike (“ear of grain; clove of garlic; plant having spikes; plant of the genus Valeriana, especially Valeriana officinalis; plant of the genus Lavandula, lavender”), from Latin spīca (“ear, head, or spike of grain; plant spike”) (feminine) (also rarely spīcum (neuter) and spīcus (masculine)), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“long; sharp; thin”).

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