pike
noun/paɪk/
/paɪk/
Idioms - (plural pike)a large freshwater fish with very sharp teeth
狗鱼； - a weapon with a sharp blade (= metal cutting edge) on a long wooden handle, used in the past by soldiers on foot
长矛 - (also turnpike)(North American English) a wide road, where traffic can travel fast for long distances and that drivers must pay a toll to use
收费公路 - (dialect) a pointed top of a hill in the north of England
（英格兰北部的）山峰，陡峰 - the Langdale Pikes
兰代尔派克
- the Langdale Pikes
Word Originsense 1 Middle English: from pike ‘weapon’ (because of the fish's pointed jaw).sense 2 and sense 4 early 16th cent.: from French pique, back-formation from piquer ‘pierce’, from pic ‘pick, pike’; compare with Old English pīc ‘point, prick’ (of unknown origin). Sense (4) is apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with West Norwegian dialect pīk ‘pointed mountain’.
Idioms
come down the pike
- (North American English, informal) to happen; to become easy to notice
发生；出现 - We're hearing a lot about new inventions coming down the pike.
我们经常听说新发明不断问世。
- We're hearing a lot about new inventions coming down the pike.