prong
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++prong /prɒŋ $ prɒːŋ/ noun [countable] 1 DFUCFa thin sharp point of something such as a fork that has several points 〔叉子等的〕尖头，尖齿 sticking out like the prongs of a garden fork 像园艺叉的叉齿一样伸出来2 one of two or three ways of achieving something which are used at the same time 〔双管齐下时的〕一个方面，〔兵分三路时的〕一路prong of the second prong of the attack 第二路进攻 —pronged adjective a two-pronged fork 二齿叉
Examples from the Corpus
prong• This one had a prong like a dagger in its head.• This was the west side of the house, which was built in the shape of an E without the middle prong.• The prongs had rounded edges that fit into finely finished grooves.• If the ribber is on full pitch these prongs move in slightly between the ribber sinker posts as you wind the handle.• The third prong was at once the simplest and the most sweeping.• Some acrylic easels are rigid with prongs or lips to hold the object.Origin prong (1400-1500) Latin prongaprong nounChinese
something Corpus such of thin point sharp a
prong
prong /prɒŋ $ prɒːŋ/
noun [countable]
sticking out like the prongs of a garden fork
2. one of two or three ways of achieving something which are used at the same time
prong of
the second prong of the attack
—pronged adjective:
a two-pronged fork
prong /prɒŋ $ prɒːŋ/
noun [countable] Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: pronga
1. a thin sharp point of something such as a fork that has several points:Language: Latin
Origin: pronga
2. one of two or three ways of achieving something which are used at the same time
prong of
—pronged adjective:
