spike
spike 英 [spaɪk] 美 [spaɪk]
n. 长钉，道钉；钉鞋；细高跟 vt. 阻止；以大钉钉牢；用尖物刺穿
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- A spike is a sharp point, often made of metal or wood, but not always. Hedgehogs have long skinny spikes that keep them from being eaten by predators.
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- n. 长钉，道钉；钉鞋；细高跟
- vt. 阻止；以大钉钉牢；用尖物刺穿
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1. He was a different person after that spike went through his brain.
从那根道钉穿过他的大脑之后他就完全变了一个人。
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2. Looking at a close-up of the temperature spike, we see distinct troughs right next to the spike.
观察对温度尖峰的特写，我们可以看到恰好在尖峰附近有一个明显的波谷。
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3. After each spike, including a big one in the summer of 2009 when she appeared on the cover of Playboy, the interest tapers off.
每一次停刊、包括2009年夏天一个大型的杂志——当时她出现在《花花公子》的封面上，人们的兴趣就会降低。
- spike (n.1) "large nail," mid-14c., perhaps from or related to a Scandinavian word, such as Old Norse spik "splinter," Middle Swedish spijk "nail," from Proto-Germanic *spikaz (source also of Middle Dutch spicher, Dutch spijker "nail," Old English spicing "large nail," Old English spaca, Old High German speihha "spoke"), from PIE root *spei- "sharp point" (source also of Latin spica "ear of corn," spina "thorn, prickle, backbone," and perhaps pinna "pin" (see pin (n.)); Greek spilas "rock, cliff;" Lettish spile "wooden fork;" Lithuanian speigliai "thorns," spitna "tongue of a buckle," Old English spitu "spit").
- spike (n.2) "ear of grain," c. 1300, from Latin spica "ear of grain," from PIE *spei-ko-, from suffixed form of root *spei- "sharp point" (see spine).
- spike (v.) 1620s, "to fasten with spikes," from spike (n.1). Meaning "to rise in a spike" is from 1958. Military sense (1680s) means "to disable guns by driving a large nail into the touch-hole." Figurative use of this sense is from 1823. Meaning "to lace (a drink) with liquor" is from 1889. Journalism sense of "to kill a story before publication" (1908) is from the metal spindle in which old-time editors filed hard copy of stories after they were set in type, or especially when rejected for publication. Related: Spiked; spiking.
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