spike
尖顶,尖峰,尖峰时刻,尖锐湿疣
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Definitions
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- : a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
- : something resembling such a nail; a stiff, sharp-pointed piece or part: to set spikes in the top of a cement wall.
- : a sharp-pointed piece of metal set with the point outward, as on a weapon.
- : an abrupt increase or rise: a chart showing a spike of unusual activity in the stock market; a sudden spike of electrical current.
- : a rectangular or naillike metal projection on the heel and sole of a shoe for improving traction, as of a baseball player or a runner.
- : spikes, a pair of shoes having such projections.
- : the unbranched antler of a young deer.
- : Botany. a flower stalk.
- : a pointed portion of a continuous curve or graph, usually rising above the adjacent portion: a spike in the value of the voltage.
- : Volleyball. a hard smash, hit close to the net, almost straight down into the opponent's court.
- : Slang. a hypodermic needle.
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spiked, spik·ing.
- : to fasten or secure with a spike or spikes.
- : to provide or set with a spike or spikes.
- : to pierce with or impale on a spike.
- : to set or stud with something suggesting spikes.
- : to injure with the spikes of one's shoe, as in baseball.
- : Volleyball. to hit with a powerful, overarm motion from a position close to the net so as to cause it to travel almost straight down into the court of the opponents.
- : Football. to slam to the ground in the end zone, after scoring a touchdown.
- : to render useless by driving a spike into the touchhole.
- : to make ineffective; frustrate or thwart: to spike a rumor; to spike someone's chances for promotion.
- : Informal. to add alcoholic liquor to.to add to: The cocoa was spiked with cyanide.
- : Journalism Slang. to refuse by or as if by placing on a spindle.
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spiked, spik·ing.
- : to rise or increase sharply: Interest rates spiked up last week.
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Examples
It’s clear that there’s a big spike in unidentified search terms starting September 2nd.
In July, Disney World reopened amid a spike in Florida coronavirus cases.
Some other potential coronavirus vaccines now in testing use human adenoviruses to carry the spike protein.
Fryer said he was also struck to find that investigations not sparked by viral incidents also did not produce spikes in violent crime.
This is why in the lab, neural spikes are usually recorded offline and processed using computers, rather than with on-board electronics.
In a famous rant, Spike Lee blamed hipsters for the gentrication of his old neighborhood in Brooklyn.
On Friday evening, a crowd of Hollywood luminaries gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Spike Lee classic.
“So Spike, thank you for helping me impress Michelle, and thank you for telling a powerful story,” added President Obama.
Both shows are still on the air (although Cops has since been sold to the Spike Network).
Spike Lee and The New York Times' A.O. Scott disagree on this.
He was soon chewing gum as Spike Brennon chewed it, and had his hair clipped in Brennon manner.
The only person he knew who had really worked hard to make something of himself was Spike Brennon.
He had seen his chance to step in and punish Spike, and he had stepped—and Spike's straight left had been there.
"You handed yourself that one, kid," Spike had said, applying raw beef to it after their rubdown.
Then he gripped an arm of Spike Brennon, who had stood by him against the wall, "looking 'em over," as Spike had put it.