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1- a long-bodied predatory freshwater fish with a pointed snout and large teeth, of both Eurasia and North America狗鱼。
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- Family Esocidae and genus Esox: five species, including the widespread northern pike (E. lucius).狗鱼科, 狗鱼属：5种, 包括分布广泛的北方狗鱼（拉丁名E. lucius）。
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- used in names of other predatory fish with large teeth, e.g.garpike.［用于其他食肉性鱼类名称中, 如garpike］。
词源
Middle English: from PIKE2 （because of the fish's pointed jaw）.
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- historical an infantry weapon with a pointed steel or iron head on a long wooden shaft〈史〉长矛, 长枪。
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- N. English (in names of hills in the Lake District) a hill with a peaked top〈北英格兰〉［用于湖区山名］尖顶山：
Scafell pike.
斯卡菲尔山。
ORIGIN: apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with West Norwegian dialect pīk 'pointed mountain'.
词源
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).
词源
1920s: of unknown origin.
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pike out
Austral./NZ informal 〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉withdraw from (a plan or agreement) because of over-cautiousness（因为过分小心）退出（计划或协议）。
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pike on
let (someone) down使失望, 使沮丧。
词源
late Middle English （as pike oneself 'take up a pilgrim's staff'）： compare with Danish pigge af 'hasten off'. The current senses date from the mid 20th cent.