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- each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork（叉子的）尖齿。
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- a projecting part on various other devices（多种工具的）尖头：
a small rubber brush with large prongs.
有粗齿的小橡皮刷。
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- figurative each of the separate parts of an attack or operation〈喻〉（进攻, 作战）分支; 队, 股：
the three main prongs of the new government's program.
新政府计划的三个主要方向。
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- vulgar slang a man's penis〈粗俚〉阴茎。
with obj.
- pierce or stab with a fork（用叉子）叉, 刺：
he passed his fork to the right hand to prong the meat.
他用右手接过叉子去叉肉。
派生词
pronged
adjective三面夹攻。
词源
late 15th cent. (denoting a forked implement)： perhaps related to Middle Low German prange 'pinching instrument'. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.