spike
n. 尖状物; (防滑)鞋钉; 穗; 猛增
vt. 加烈酒于; 用尖物刺入; 阻止…传播;拒绝发表
A spike is a long piece of metal with a sharp point.
...a 15-foot wall topped with iron spikes...
顶端装有铁刺的 15 英尺高的墙
Yellowing receipts had been impaled on a metal spike.
发黄的收据被穿在一根金属扦上。
Any long pointed object can be referred to as a spike .
Her hair stood out in spikes.
她的头发一簇簇竖立着。
...a long spike of white flowers.
一长枝尖尖的白花穗
If there is a spike in the price, volume, or amount of something, the price, volume, or amount of it suddenly increases.
Although you'd think business would have boomed during the war, there was only a small spike in interest.
人们会认为战争期间生意会很红火,但实际上利息只有小幅上升。
Spikes are a pair of sports shoes with pointed pieces of metal attached to the soles. They help runners' feet to grip the ground when they are running.
If your drink is spiked, someone has added alcohol or drugs to it without telling you.
They wondered whether their drinks had been spiked.
他们有些疑惑自己的饮料里是否被偷偷搀了烈性酒。
...drinks spiked with tranquillisers.
被偷偷加了镇静剂的饮料
1. a transient variation in voltage or current
2. sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes;
3. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
4. (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
5. a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline;
6. a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall
7. a long sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
8. any holding device consisting of a long sharp-pointed object
9. a long metal nail
1. stand in the way of
2. pierce with a sharp stake or point;
3. secure with spikes
4. bring forth a spike or spikes;
5. add alcohol beverages
6. manifest a sharp increase;
spike someone's guns
挫败某人的计划
If no. 6 had set up better, Louis would have made a terrific spike.
如果6号队员的二传更好些, 路易斯就会扣个好球.
That could limit the next spike in commodity prices once the economy recovers.
这样一来,一旦经济复苏,能源价格再度急剧攀升的势头也会受到限制.
They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.
他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手.
The probability curve would have collapsed to a narrow spike.
几率线则会缩成一条狭窄的峰.
The seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor.
地震仪对震动显示一个对应的锐波.