pike
/paɪk/ 名词 C1中文： 矛、枪、狗鱼
- A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
- A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
- A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
- Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
- A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
- A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.
- A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit. · Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England.
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We’ll know before the day is out whether we have caught our big, lean-jawed pike, or whether he has got through the meshes.”
Already I seemed to see our nets drawing closer around that lean-jawed pike.
The pike, eels, and carp eat greedily always, as everybody knows—well, they feast on the vulture.
Now suppose that next day, one of these eels, or pike, or carp, poisoned at the fourth remove, is served up at your table.
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