prong

Word family adjectiveprongednounprongbuckpronghornprong

prong /prɒŋ $ prɒːŋ/ noun [countableC]

1 DFUCFa thin sharp point of something such as a fork that has several points 〔叉子等的〕尖头，尖齿

sticking out like the prongs of a garden fork

像园艺叉的叉齿一样伸出来

2 one of two or three ways of achieving something which are used at the same time 〔双管齐下时的〕一个方面，〔兵分三路时的〕一路

prong of

the second prong of the attack

第二路进攻

—pronged adjectiveadj

a two-pronged fork

二齿叉

Examples from the Corpus

prong• This one had a prong like a dagger in its head.• This was the west side of the house, which was built in the shape of an E without the middle prong.• The prongs had rounded edges that fit into finely finished grooves.• If the ribber is on full pitch these prongs move in slightly between the ribber sinker posts as you wind the handle.• The third prong was at once the simplest and the most sweeping.• Some acrylic easels are rigid with prongs or lips to hold the object.

Origin prong

(1400-1500) Latin pronga

单词	prong
释义	prong Word family adjectiveprongednounprongbuckpronghornprong prong /prɒŋ $ prɒːŋ/ noun [countableC] 1 DFUCFa thin sharp point of something such as a fork that has several points 〔叉子等的〕尖头，尖齿 sticking out like the prongs of a garden fork 像园艺叉的叉齿一样伸出来 2 one of two or three ways of achieving something which are used at the same time 〔双管齐下时的〕一个方面，〔兵分三路时的〕一路 prong of the second prong of the attack 第二路进攻 —pronged adjectiveadj a two-pronged fork 二齿叉 Examples from the Corpus prong• This one had a prong like a dagger in its head.• This was the west side of the house, which was built in the shape of an E without the middle prong.• The prongs had rounded edges that fit into finely finished grooves.• If the ribber is on full pitch these prongs move in slightly between the ribber sinker posts as you wind the handle.• The third prong was at once the simplest and the most sweeping.• Some acrylic easels are rigid with prongs or lips to hold the object. Origin prong (1400-1500) Latin pronga
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