prong
prong
noun
pronged
adjective
noun
- each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork
（叉子的）尖齿
■a projecting part on various other devices
（多种工具的）尖头
a small rubber brush with large prongs.
有粗齿的小橡皮刷。
■(figurative)each of the separate parts of an attack or operation
(喻)（进攻，作战）分支；队，股
the three main prongs of the new government's program.
新政府计划的三个主要方向。
■(vulgar slang)a man's penis
(粗俚)阴茎
- [with obj.]pierce or stab with a fork
（用叉子）叉，刺
he passed his fork to the right hand to prong the meat.
他用右手接过叉子去叉肉。
pronged
adjective
- [in combination]a three-pronged attack.
三面夹攻。
- late 15th cent. (denoting a forked implement): perhaps related to Middle Low German prange 'pinching instrument'. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent
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