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pike 音標拼音: [p'ɑɪk] n. 矛,梭子魚,通行費
vt. 用矛刺殺,刺 矛,梭子魚,通行費用矛刺殺,刺 pike n 1: a broad highway designed for high- speed traffic [ synonym: { expressway}, { freeway}, { motorway}, { pike}, { state highway}, { superhighway}, { throughway}, { thruway}] 2: highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh 3: a sharp point ( as on the end of a spear) 4: medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet 5: any of several elongate long- snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemispherePike \ Pike\, n. [ F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus woodpecker ( see { Pie} magpie), and E. spike. Cf. { Pick}, n. & v., { Peak}, { Pique}.] 1. ( Mil.) A foot soldier' s weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. -- Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A hayfork. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Tusser. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A pick. [ Prov. Eng.] -- Wright. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A pointed or peaked hill. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] 6. A large haycock. [ Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster] 7. A turnpike; a toll bar. -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] 8. ( Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh- water fish ({ Esox lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also { pickerel}, { gedd}, { luce}, and { jack}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall- eyed pike, and yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the wall- eye. See { Wall- eye}. [ 1913 Webster] { Gar pike}. See under { Gar}. { Pike perch} ( Zool.), any fresh- water fish of the genus { Stizostedion} ( formerly { Lucioperca}). See { Wall- eye}, and { Sauger}. { Pike pole}, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in directing floating logs. { Pike whale} ( Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic ({ Bal[ ae] noptera rostrata}), having an elongated snout; -- called also { piked whale}. { Sand pike} ( Zool.), the lizard fish. { Sea pike} ( Zool.), the garfish ( a) . [ 1913 Webster] 88 Moby Thesaurus words for " pike": Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway, causeway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, crest, cul- de- sac, dead- end street, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway, expressway, freeway, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, hilltop, interstate highway, knoll, lane, local road, lofty peak, main drag, main road, mews, motorway, mountaintop, parkway, pave, paved road, peak, pic, pico, pinnacle, place, plank road, point, precipice, primary highway, private road, right- of- way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway, spur, state highway, street, summit, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, tor, township road, turnpike, wynd
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