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prong

/prawng, prong/US // prɔŋ, prɒŋ //UK // (prɒŋ) //

叉,叉叉,棱棱角角

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of the pointed tines of a fork.
    • : any pointed, projecting part, as of an antler.
    • : a branch of a stream.
    • : Jewelry. a tapering metal projection, usually heavier than a claw, rising from the base of a jewelry setting and used to hold a stone in position as needed.Compare claw.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to pierce or stab with or as if with a prong.
    • : to supply with prongs.

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Examples

  • There is also a reader known as a prong tester that is designed to instantly give the pH level of the soil.

  • The doctor also testified that, in her expert opinion, Ramos met both prongs of the test for criminal responsibility.

  • In the early morning of August 27, Howe launched a three-prong attack.

  • This leads to the two-prong test defense lawyers use to battle DUI cases, challenge the stop and challenge the arrest.

  • But more telling than this is the second prong of the Eastern Lyme Offensive.

  • The slabs of the flooring, covered everywhere else with greenish moisture, wore a blood-red tint under the prong.

  • It is indeed almost impossible for orthodox divines to make a selection which prong of the fork is the worst.

  • In man and other placentaires, the forked prong is a teratological fact only encountered in incomplete double monsters.

  • The hunter then threw his spear, made with three barbs of different lengths, and caught the duck on the sharp central prong.

  • So, snatching a cloak from the prong of an antler in the hall, Theresa went out into the irregular hooting of the storm.