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noun spʌɪkspaɪk 1A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material. （金属、木头或其他硬质材料制的）尖状物 Example sentencesExamples - It is more than two metres high and made of bare metal with spikes across the top.
- Extra strong paint formulas, and wooden fences supported by metal spikes extended the life of exterior fittings in tough New England weather.
- Above Nick, just over his forehead, there was a crescent shaped piece of metal with thousands of tiny spikes.
- Dozens of sharp, wooden spikes shot up from the floor below.
- The spikes dug into the thin material of the bags, and dirt began to leak out.
- A tall, impenetrable wall with barbed wire and sharp metal spikes on top surrounded the entire complex.
- I nearly died when I was 13 after I got impaled on a metal spike.
- Safe helmets will never feature spikes or other protruding decorations.
- In one case at Wakefield, a youth dangled a piece of concrete with spikes in it from a bridge.
- Police tried putting down spikes in front of the car; the driver managed to elude them and got away.
- Mavale was about to spin around when he felt a cold spike of metal feel its way through his thin hair.
- This lead to the elaboration of putting metal spikes on the ball that would be able to puncture the armor and cause injury to the opponent.
- At present the policy is still to remove nests and eggs and provide residents with nets and spikes to stop the birds settling on houses in problem areas.
- He reached out his arm and felt a large spike protruding from a hard, scaled surface.
- Most of the spikes were still not hammered down properly.
- Gradually, the glowing red material is hammered into an elegant spike.
- He was too scared to speak or move and began to shake uncontrollably as he was placed under the sharp spike.
- A trainee doctor was admitted to the hospital where he works after impaling his leg on a metal spike.
- I polished my axe and the spike on the shield, put on my armor and went out of the tent.
- Splinters and jagged spikes of wood lanced into the air, and a faint coat of dust had comfortably settled over the wreckage.
Synonyms prong, barb, point, skewer, stake, spit, projection tine, nail, pin spur Mountaineering piton technical fid historical pricket thorn, spine, prickle, bristle technical spicule - 1.1 A large stout nail, especially one used to fasten a rail to a railway sleeper.
（尤指铁轨上的）道钉；大钉 Example sentencesExamples - Ibis knocked at another door, this one tall and fashioned of long, thin planks bolted with iron spikes.
- Nowadays, we tend to celebrate those who can take a rusty rail spike to the forearm and come up smiling.
- They were taking railroad spikes off a train trestle.
- He crawled over, among the power tools and nails and spikes and dangerous edges, and slid the bolt across.
- A chain is draped around the rim, and inside the container is a skull, a knife, railway spikes, and a lungoa.
- An increasingly effective Union blockade reduced the availability of ships' machinery and even such items as nails and spikes.
- 1.2 Each of several metal points set into the sole of a running shoe to prevent slipping.
（跑鞋底上防滑的）鞋钉 Example sentencesExamples - Athletes must have running shorts, spikes are not allowed in running shoes and of course bring suitable gear for the weather.
- 1.3spikes A pair of running shoes with metal points set into the sole.
（田径运动中穿的）钉鞋 Example sentencesExamples - To compensate 16-year-old Lewis for the injuries he sustained, Puma UK have offered him a free pair of Olympic spikes which are not yet available in the shops.
- He had spoken of being inspired by Sheffield's John and Sheila Sherwood winning medals in the Mexico Olympics, of joining their club and of being given his first pair of spikes by Sheila.
- Declan Byrne hung up his spikes, singlet and shorts in exchange for a black tie outfit as he was selected as an escort to the Limerick Rose in the 2003 Tralee contest.
- He points to a pair of spikes on the computer graphic.
- 1.4British A pointed metal rod standing on a base and used for filing paper items such as bills, or journalistic material considered for publication and rejected.
〈主英〉（账单、弃用的报刊文稿等存档用的）票插，纸插 - 1.5informal A hypodermic needle.
〈非正式〉皮下注射用的针头 Example sentencesExamples - Frontline crews working for Essex ambulance service are to be issued with body armour to protect them from hand guns, knives and spikes including hypodermic needles and even stiletto heels.
2A sharp increase in the magnitude or concentration of something. （量或浓度）突增；激增 油价猛涨。 Example sentencesExamples - And a sharp spike in interest rates would hurt some homeowners who have just got their foot on the housing ladder.
- When only promotions are used, a brand experiences a short-term spike in sales, followed by a steady decline until sales return to relative equilibrium and normal purchase cycles resume.
- We are currently getting an enormous boost from increased military spending, tax cuts and a temporary spike in mortgage activity for new homes and refinancing.
- Childhood obesity has tripled over the past 20 years, a significant spike in a relatively short time, he says.
- I think you're seeing something akin to what we saw in the 1970s when we had a similar kind of sharp spike in oil prices.
- He thought the highs and lows of the business cycle would be far more extreme and short-lived than in the past, with sharp spikes up and down.
- That spike is followed by a corresponding crash caused by a flood of insulin, a hormone that clears sugar out of the blood and into the body's cells to be used for fuel.
- Following the spike, the energy level rapidly decreases and reaches a low point barely 2 hours after eating.
- This caused significant spikes in short term production but reduced the total amount of oil that could be recovered from the reservoir.
- First, all sales and excise taxes feed directly into official consumer price indexes, so such increases create a sharp inflation spike.
- These have now been replenished to some degree, which in part explains the recent spike in base metal prices.
- A spike in oil prices would have a devastating effect.
- There was no way to simulate a spike of that magnitude.
- The strain on the world supply system has left it more vulnerable to supply disruptions and increased the likelihood of price spikes.
- The sharp spike in enrollment has somewhat tapered off, however.
- The recent spike in oil prices seems to have ended as increased production has boosted supplies.
- Drinking caffeinated beverages can temporarily cause a spike in your blood pressure.
- Murray commented on building material prices, especially regarding sharp spikes in the prices of steel, wood, and gypsum.
- These temporary spikes could make it seem like you don't have your blood pressure under control when you actually do.
- The chokepoint is patrolled 24 hours a day by armed guards, resulting in lower local crime but a sharp spike in vehicle traffic.
- 2.1Electronics A pulse of very short duration in which a rapid increase in voltage is followed by a rapid decrease.
〔电子〕脉冲尖峰 Example sentencesExamples - Not only can a low-quality power supply cause instability, it can cause damage to components over time, namely hard drives, which can be killed by a severe voltage spike.
- The power has gone out and even when it's on there appear to be beefy dips and surges on the line - so large in fact that one particular voltage spike took out my TV in an impressive cloud of smoke.
- Voltage surges and spikes occur for a number of reasons.
- Sometimes, a mere shut down of power or an electrical surge that emits a strong voltage spike can even destroy highly sophisticated RAID storage systems.
- If one were to have a voltage spike, the consequences could be disastrous.
3British informal A hostel ward offering temporary accommodation for the homeless. 〈英，非正式〉（廉价旅社中为无家可归的人提供的）临时简易床位 he queued at the soup kitchen or the spike
verb spʌɪkspaɪk [with object]1Impale on or pierce with a sharp point. （用尖头）戳，刺 she spiked another oyster 她又叉起了一个牡蛎。 Example sentencesExamples - We do not have to spike the trees, carry protest signs, or write angry letters to our representatives.
- If, like mine, your lawn has soggy, poorly draining patches, spike it with a garden fork at six inch intervals.
- I'm sometimes asked if I'd be frightened of walking through a jungle and being spiked by a thorn.
- Each step was like a thorn spiking Mitch in the side.
- Make a note of such spots and on a dry day go out with a garden fork and spike the areas by pushing into the lawn to a depth of about 15 cm and rocking gently back and forth before pulling out the fork.
- And, if you're illuminating things away from the house, like your trees, get some outdoor floodlight holders that you can spike right into the ground.
- She quickly stomped it, cursing it for spiking her.
Synonyms impale, spear, skewer pierce, penetrate, perforate, stab, run through, stick, spit, transfix rare transpierce - 1.1Baseball Injure (a player) with the spikes on one's shoes.
〔棒球〕用钉鞋踩伤（对手） - 1.2 (of a newspaper editor) reject (a story) by or as if by filing it on a spike.
（报纸编辑）弃置新闻稿不用 the editors deemed the article in bad taste and spiked it 编辑们认为这篇文章品位低下，所以决定弃置不用。 Example sentencesExamples - Its editors only goofed in spiking the Augusta columns.
- And they spiked the story by their top investigative reporter, so they didn't get sued because they simply killed the story before birth.
- A leaked internal document shows that this is not the first time that Myers has had articles spiked by the editor.
- During a radio interview, Mr Waters said the newspaper spiked his column on the grounds the article was libellous and inaccurate.
- Was the decision to spike Sherman's story journalistic, political, or merely financial?
- Newsweek spiked the story a few years ago when they had it.
- Earlier this month there was a row over the Irish Independent spiking a story about Dunnes Stores.
- In the event, the Guardian spiked my article for unrelated reasons.
- But the attorney adds that spiking the story may not entirely solve the problem.
- 1.3 Stop the progress of (a plan or undertaking); put an end to.
停止（计划，任务），中止；制止；毁掉 he doubted they would spike the entire effort over this one negotiation 他怀疑他们会坏掉有关这次谈判的全部努力。 Example sentencesExamples - in June Blair reportedly spiked the idea of introducing ID cards - but they're back.
- Amid reports that the Department of Justice may spike the proposed merger, it is set to name two veterans to head its marketing forces.
Synonyms put a stop to, put an end to, put the lid on, scupper, scotch, derail frustrate, foil, thwart, stymie, baulk, hinder, obstruct informal put paid to, put the kibosh on, clobber British informal dish - 1.4historical Render (a gun) useless by plugging up the vent with a spike.
〈史〉用大钉堵住火门使枪无用
2Form into or cover with sharp points. （用尖头）戳，刺 his hair was matted and spiked with blood 他的头发结了块，一簇簇尖尖的发梢上满是血迹。 Example sentencesExamples - He'd spiked his hair, probably according to his own taste.
- She stopped spiking his hair, and her smile faded.
- The walls of the forecourt are spiked with broken glass.
- She applied the gel to his hair, and began spiking it.
- ‘Yeah, I'll be fine,’ I said spiking my dark thick hair up like normal.
- His hair was dark blond like mine, but he kept his in a short style and sometimes spiked it up.
- 2.1no object Take on a sharp, pointed shape.
成尖形 lightning spiked across the sky 闪电划过天空。 Example sentencesExamples - The country is mostly flat and quietly beautiful, spiked with royal palms.
- With a thin hilt and a curved bend, three sharp prongs spiked out nastily and gleamed in the room's bright light.
- Stalactites protrude from the ceiling, and stalagmites spike up from the floor.
- ‘Edge,’ he said softly as lightning spiked out of the sky and the thunder followed angrily after.
- 2.2no object Increase and then decrease sharply; reach a peak.
激增后猛降；到峰顶 oil prices would spike and fall again 油价会先猛涨，然后再回落。 Example sentencesExamples - They can make your blood sugar quickly spike up and then sharply drop, causing your mood to follow suit.
- If oil prices spike upwards and inflation rises, interest rates will go up too.
- Experts say, while it's unusual for prices to spike this early in the year, fuel refineries processing less oil is creating more problems.
- As the day wears on and temperatures spike, perspiration and oil create a sticky film, taking ‘dewy’ to an unflattering extreme.
- Gas prices just spiked up this week and so did home heating oil.
- Sooner or later, it's likely that a bad harvest will occur and wheat prices will spike.
- The price of crude is more than 50 per cent higher than a year ago and has spiked by almost 30 per cent in the past six weeks.
- Its voracious demand for raw materials has caused prices to spike.
- And fears that gasoline prices would spike nationally proved unfounded.
- The U.S. imports nearly all of its coffee, and those prices periodically spike and have climbed steadily.
- And just this week, it was announced that supplies are dwindling and prices are expected to spike as weather warms.
- The price might initially spike up, but analysts predict it won't last long.
- Well, crude oil prices are spiking as the hurricane batters oil production facilities in and around the Gulf of Mexico.
- And with the summer holiday season coming on, prices could spike even further.
- Statistics showed crime falling citywide but spiking in Watuppa Heights.
- Prices spiked, with few policies available (marketplace illiquidity).
- Well, oil prices spiked to a record high today as Hurricane Dennis approaches.
- Most people think about energy only when gas prices spike or when heating oil is in short supply.
- Energy and commodity prices have spiked and there is a general inflationary bias throughout the commodities markets.
- There's no way to pick and choose which gets cut off when demand surges, prices spike, and supply gets tight.
3informal Add alcohol or a drug to contaminate (drink or food) surreptitiously. 〈非正式〉秘密在（饮料，食物）中加酒（或毒品） she bought me an orange juice and spiked it with vodka 她给我买了一杯橙汁，又悄悄地往里面掺了点伏特加。 Example sentencesExamples - His family is adamant that his drink was spiked.
- He believes his drink was spiked when he left his plastic cup on the bar to go to the toilet.
- She had insisted on all of them bringing their own water bottles, certain that the geniuses over in the football team would spike the punch.
- Or rather, if he was going to do it, I believe he'd have just spiked his own food or drink.
- Painter and decorator Geoffrey Jenks was so shocked when he failed a roadside breath test, he felt his Cokes must have been spiked, Kennet magistrates in Devizes heard on Tuesday.
- Date rape drugs are used to spike victims' drinks, causing memory loss so they are vulnerable to sex attacks.
- Also, if you don't know your date well take your drink with you when you go to the toilets; with so many drinks being spiked in bars these days it's better to be safe than sorry.
- Howden said he drank five litres of cider, lager and beer and thought someone had spiked his drink with Ecstasy.
- While out students should make sure they don't drink excessively and also be on their guard for drinks being spiked.
- The lawyer of a New Jersey woman accused of killing her brother-in-law and spiking his drink with antifreeze says that she's confessed.
- His friends spiked his drink, thinking they're funny.
- Driven by envy, his eldest brother spiked his drink with poison.
- We have got the posters and cards up everywhere, and my staff will be slipping drink hangers into unattended drinks to show just how easy it is to spike a drink.
- He didn't know that the drinks were previously spiked.
- I bet she spiked Daniel's drink and he was forced to accept responsibility.
- Alcohol is still the most common substance used to spike drinks, but spiking with drugs is on the increase.
- What if someone spikes my drink at the next party?
- They insist that his drink was spiked or that he drank from the wrong glass.
- They can use it to spike the drinks of their victims, leaving them disorientated and eventually rendering them unconscious and unable to remember past events.
- ‘Our experience is that in most cases where people say their drinks were spiked, it is simply that they have drunk too much’.
Synonyms adulterate, contaminate, drug informal lace, slip a Mickey Finn into, dope, doctor, cut - 3.1 Add sharp or pungent flavouring to (food or drink)
（在食物，饮料中）加辛辣刺激的调味料 spike the liquid with lime or lemon juice 在液体中加酸橙汁或柠檬汁。 Example sentencesExamples - Olive oil spiked with fresh chilli sits on the counter.
- 3.2 Enrich (a nuclear reactor or its fuel) with a particular isotope.
在（核反应堆或燃料）中加某种放射性同位素 the plutonium mixture could be spiked with caesium-137
4(in volleyball) hit (the ball) forcefully from a position near the net so that it moves downward into the opposite court. （排球中）扣球 Example sentencesExamples - I took the volleyball from him, raised it above my head and spiked it over the net.
- In sports, the front raise is an integral part of throwing a softball, pulling upward while doing the back-stroke or spiking a volleyball.
- The girl in the black bikini served the ball high and Brett moved in front of Emily to spike the ball over the net.
- Whether or not you can spike a mean volleyball, there is a lot to be said for being tall.
- Despite this being a busy week in games and practices, fans were still out to see the volleyball women doing their stuff as they spiked the ball in for the win.
- 4.1American Football Fling (the ball) forcefully to the ground, typically in celebration of a touchdown or victory.
〔美橄〕摔（球）触地（多指为庆祝触地得分或比赛胜利） Example sentencesExamples - Jordan then spiked a ball which bounced off the ground and hit Collier, so he stopped.
- As he crosses the plane of the goal line, Harper plants his right foot, spins 27 degrees, and spikes the ball into the face of line judge Mike Durner.
PhrasesThwart someone's plans. 挫败某人的计划 Example sentencesExamples - ‘If we don't make our point now, rest assured the Employers' Federation and Business Roundtable will, and they will be trying to spike our guns ’, he was reported as saying.
- But Weatherson, in his hero's role, spiked their guns as early as the eighth minute by putting his side ahead.
- ‘That alone’, noted Houdini afterward, ‘spiked my guns.’
- Although it has been known for years that John Cairncross passed on top-secret information during the war, only the Soviets knew the details of how he helped to spike Hitler 's guns.
OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch spiker, related to spoke1. The verb dates from the early 17th century. In the noun sense ‘a sharp-pointed piece of metal or wood’ spike derived from Dutch or German. The verb came later, in the early 17th century. To spike someone's guns is to thwart their plans. This expression refers to the practice of disabling cannons captured from the enemy. A spike was driven into the small hole through which the charge was ignited, making it impossible to fire the gun. To spike someone's drink, first recorded in the late 19th century, is based on the idea of making a drink ‘sharper’. See also spoke
Rhymesalike, bike, haik, hike, like, mic, mike, mislike, pike, psych, psyche, shrike, strike, trike, tyke, Van Dyck, vandyke noun spʌɪkspaɪk Botany A flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem. 〔植〕穗，穗状花序。比较CYME，RACEME Compare with cyme, raceme Example sentencesExamples - Further, like practically all perennials, Delphinium clamps gradually develop more numerous spikes and smaller flowers.
- This lovely evergreen sports dense foliage bearing spikes of dark red flower buds during late autumn.
- To get the most enjoyment from flower spikes, pick when the first florets are beginning to open.
- If Cymbidium Orchids are congested with back bulbs, remove old flower spikes and divide and re-pot in good quality Cymbidium mix.
- The flower spikes elongate up to a foot or more over a period of weeks.
OriginLate Middle English (denoting an ear of corn): from Latin spica (see spica). nounspaɪkspīk 1A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material. （金属、木头或其他硬质材料制的）尖状物 Example sentencesExamples - In one case at Wakefield, a youth dangled a piece of concrete with spikes in it from a bridge.
- At present the policy is still to remove nests and eggs and provide residents with nets and spikes to stop the birds settling on houses in problem areas.
- Mavale was about to spin around when he felt a cold spike of metal feel its way through his thin hair.
- He reached out his arm and felt a large spike protruding from a hard, scaled surface.
- Gradually, the glowing red material is hammered into an elegant spike.
- A trainee doctor was admitted to the hospital where he works after impaling his leg on a metal spike.
- The spikes dug into the thin material of the bags, and dirt began to leak out.
- Extra strong paint formulas, and wooden fences supported by metal spikes extended the life of exterior fittings in tough New England weather.
- Above Nick, just over his forehead, there was a crescent shaped piece of metal with thousands of tiny spikes.
- He was too scared to speak or move and began to shake uncontrollably as he was placed under the sharp spike.
- Safe helmets will never feature spikes or other protruding decorations.
- It is more than two metres high and made of bare metal with spikes across the top.
- Most of the spikes were still not hammered down properly.
- I nearly died when I was 13 after I got impaled on a metal spike.
- This lead to the elaboration of putting metal spikes on the ball that would be able to puncture the armor and cause injury to the opponent.
- Dozens of sharp, wooden spikes shot up from the floor below.
- Police tried putting down spikes in front of the car; the driver managed to elude them and got away.
- A tall, impenetrable wall with barbed wire and sharp metal spikes on top surrounded the entire complex.
- Splinters and jagged spikes of wood lanced into the air, and a faint coat of dust had comfortably settled over the wreckage.
- I polished my axe and the spike on the shield, put on my armor and went out of the tent.
Synonyms prong, barb, point, skewer, stake, spit, projection thorn, spine, prickle, bristle - 1.1 A large stout nail, especially one used to fasten a rail to a railroad tie.
（尤指铁轨上的）道钉；大钉 Example sentencesExamples - He crawled over, among the power tools and nails and spikes and dangerous edges, and slid the bolt across.
- A chain is draped around the rim, and inside the container is a skull, a knife, railway spikes, and a lungoa.
- An increasingly effective Union blockade reduced the availability of ships' machinery and even such items as nails and spikes.
- Ibis knocked at another door, this one tall and fashioned of long, thin planks bolted with iron spikes.
- Nowadays, we tend to celebrate those who can take a rusty rail spike to the forearm and come up smiling.
- They were taking railroad spikes off a train trestle.
- 1.2 Each of several metal points set into the sole of an athletic shoe to prevent slipping.
（跑鞋底上防滑的）鞋钉 Example sentencesExamples - Athletes must have running shorts, spikes are not allowed in running shoes and of course bring suitable gear for the weather.
- 1.3spikes A pair of athletic shoes with metal points set into the sole.
Example sentencesExamples - He had spoken of being inspired by Sheffield's John and Sheila Sherwood winning medals in the Mexico Olympics, of joining their club and of being given his first pair of spikes by Sheila.
- Declan Byrne hung up his spikes, singlet and shorts in exchange for a black tie outfit as he was selected as an escort to the Limerick Rose in the 2003 Tralee contest.
- He points to a pair of spikes on the computer graphic.
- To compensate 16-year-old Lewis for the injuries he sustained, Puma UK have offered him a free pair of Olympic spikes which are not yet available in the shops.
- 1.4British
- 1.5informal A hypodermic needle.
〈非正式〉皮下注射用的针头 Example sentencesExamples - Frontline crews working for Essex ambulance service are to be issued with body armour to protect them from hand guns, knives and spikes including hypodermic needles and even stiletto heels.
2A sharp increase in the magnitude or concentration of something. （量或浓度）突增；激增 油价猛涨。 Example sentencesExamples - First, all sales and excise taxes feed directly into official consumer price indexes, so such increases create a sharp inflation spike.
- This caused significant spikes in short term production but reduced the total amount of oil that could be recovered from the reservoir.
- The strain on the world supply system has left it more vulnerable to supply disruptions and increased the likelihood of price spikes.
- There was no way to simulate a spike of that magnitude.
- The recent spike in oil prices seems to have ended as increased production has boosted supplies.
- Drinking caffeinated beverages can temporarily cause a spike in your blood pressure.
- I think you're seeing something akin to what we saw in the 1970s when we had a similar kind of sharp spike in oil prices.
- And a sharp spike in interest rates would hurt some homeowners who have just got their foot on the housing ladder.
- A spike in oil prices would have a devastating effect.
- Childhood obesity has tripled over the past 20 years, a significant spike in a relatively short time, he says.
- He thought the highs and lows of the business cycle would be far more extreme and short-lived than in the past, with sharp spikes up and down.
- When only promotions are used, a brand experiences a short-term spike in sales, followed by a steady decline until sales return to relative equilibrium and normal purchase cycles resume.
- Following the spike, the energy level rapidly decreases and reaches a low point barely 2 hours after eating.
- That spike is followed by a corresponding crash caused by a flood of insulin, a hormone that clears sugar out of the blood and into the body's cells to be used for fuel.
- The chokepoint is patrolled 24 hours a day by armed guards, resulting in lower local crime but a sharp spike in vehicle traffic.
- Murray commented on building material prices, especially regarding sharp spikes in the prices of steel, wood, and gypsum.
- These have now been replenished to some degree, which in part explains the recent spike in base metal prices.
- The sharp spike in enrollment has somewhat tapered off, however.
- These temporary spikes could make it seem like you don't have your blood pressure under control when you actually do.
- We are currently getting an enormous boost from increased military spending, tax cuts and a temporary spike in mortgage activity for new homes and refinancing.
- 2.1Electronics A pulse of very short duration in which a rapid increase in voltage is followed by a rapid decrease.
〔电子〕脉冲尖峰 Example sentencesExamples - If one were to have a voltage spike, the consequences could be disastrous.
- Voltage surges and spikes occur for a number of reasons.
- Sometimes, a mere shut down of power or an electrical surge that emits a strong voltage spike can even destroy highly sophisticated RAID storage systems.
- Not only can a low-quality power supply cause instability, it can cause damage to components over time, namely hard drives, which can be killed by a severe voltage spike.
- The power has gone out and even when it's on there appear to be beefy dips and surges on the line - so large in fact that one particular voltage spike took out my TV in an impressive cloud of smoke.
verbspaɪkspīk [with object]1Impale on or pierce with a sharp point. （用尖头）戳，刺 she spiked another oyster 她又叉起了一个牡蛎。 Example sentencesExamples - I'm sometimes asked if I'd be frightened of walking through a jungle and being spiked by a thorn.
- Each step was like a thorn spiking Mitch in the side.
- If, like mine, your lawn has soggy, poorly draining patches, spike it with a garden fork at six inch intervals.
- And, if you're illuminating things away from the house, like your trees, get some outdoor floodlight holders that you can spike right into the ground.
- Make a note of such spots and on a dry day go out with a garden fork and spike the areas by pushing into the lawn to a depth of about 15 cm and rocking gently back and forth before pulling out the fork.
- She quickly stomped it, cursing it for spiking her.
- We do not have to spike the trees, carry protest signs, or write angry letters to our representatives.
- 1.1Baseball Injure (a player) with the spikes on one's shoes.
〔棒球〕用钉鞋踩伤（对手） - 1.2 (of a newspaper editor) reject (a story) by or as if by filing it on a spike.
（报纸编辑）弃置新闻稿不用 the editors deemed the article in bad taste and spiked it 编辑们认为这篇文章品位低下，所以决定弃置不用。 Example sentencesExamples - A leaked internal document shows that this is not the first time that Myers has had articles spiked by the editor.
- But the attorney adds that spiking the story may not entirely solve the problem.
- And they spiked the story by their top investigative reporter, so they didn't get sued because they simply killed the story before birth.
- Newsweek spiked the story a few years ago when they had it.
- In the event, the Guardian spiked my article for unrelated reasons.
- Its editors only goofed in spiking the Augusta columns.
- During a radio interview, Mr Waters said the newspaper spiked his column on the grounds the article was libellous and inaccurate.
- Was the decision to spike Sherman's story journalistic, political, or merely financial?
- Earlier this month there was a row over the Irish Independent spiking a story about Dunnes Stores.
- 1.3 Stop the progress of (a plan or undertaking); put an end to.
停止（计划，任务），中止；制止；毁掉 he doubted they would spike the entire effort over this one negotiation 他怀疑他们会坏掉有关这次谈判的全部努力。 Example sentencesExamples - in June Blair reportedly spiked the idea of introducing ID cards - but they're back.
- Amid reports that the Department of Justice may spike the proposed merger, it is set to name two veterans to head its marketing forces.
Synonyms put a stop to, put an end to, put the lid on, scupper, scotch, derail - 1.4historical Render (a gun) useless by plugging up the vent with a spike.
〈史〉用大钉堵住火门使枪无用
2Form into or cover with sharp points. （用尖头）戳，刺 his hair was matted and spiked with blood 他的头发结了块，一簇簇尖尖的发梢上满是血迹。 Example sentencesExamples - He'd spiked his hair, probably according to his own taste.
- She applied the gel to his hair, and began spiking it.
- ‘Yeah, I'll be fine,’ I said spiking my dark thick hair up like normal.
- She stopped spiking his hair, and her smile faded.
- His hair was dark blond like mine, but he kept his in a short style and sometimes spiked it up.
- The walls of the forecourt are spiked with broken glass.
- 2.1no object Take on a sharp, pointed shape.
成尖形 lightning spiked across the sky 闪电划过天空。 Example sentencesExamples - With a thin hilt and a curved bend, three sharp prongs spiked out nastily and gleamed in the room's bright light.
- Stalactites protrude from the ceiling, and stalagmites spike up from the floor.
- The country is mostly flat and quietly beautiful, spiked with royal palms.
- ‘Edge,’ he said softly as lightning spiked out of the sky and the thunder followed angrily after.
- 2.2no object Increase and then decrease sharply; reach a peak.
激增后猛降；到峰顶 oil prices would spike and fall again 油价会先猛涨，然后再回落。 Example sentencesExamples - Experts say, while it's unusual for prices to spike this early in the year, fuel refineries processing less oil is creating more problems.
- Well, crude oil prices are spiking as the hurricane batters oil production facilities in and around the Gulf of Mexico.
- And with the summer holiday season coming on, prices could spike even further.
- As the day wears on and temperatures spike, perspiration and oil create a sticky film, taking ‘dewy’ to an unflattering extreme.
- Energy and commodity prices have spiked and there is a general inflationary bias throughout the commodities markets.
- Its voracious demand for raw materials has caused prices to spike.
- They can make your blood sugar quickly spike up and then sharply drop, causing your mood to follow suit.
- The U.S. imports nearly all of its coffee, and those prices periodically spike and have climbed steadily.
- The price might initially spike up, but analysts predict it won't last long.
- There's no way to pick and choose which gets cut off when demand surges, prices spike, and supply gets tight.
- If oil prices spike upwards and inflation rises, interest rates will go up too.
- The price of crude is more than 50 per cent higher than a year ago and has spiked by almost 30 per cent in the past six weeks.
- And fears that gasoline prices would spike nationally proved unfounded.
- Prices spiked, with few policies available (marketplace illiquidity).
- Sooner or later, it's likely that a bad harvest will occur and wheat prices will spike.
- And just this week, it was announced that supplies are dwindling and prices are expected to spike as weather warms.
- Most people think about energy only when gas prices spike or when heating oil is in short supply.
- Statistics showed crime falling citywide but spiking in Watuppa Heights.
- Gas prices just spiked up this week and so did home heating oil.
- Well, oil prices spiked to a record high today as Hurricane Dennis approaches.
3informal Add alcohol or a drug to contaminate (drink or food) surreptitiously. 〈非正式〉秘密在（饮料，食物）中加酒（或毒品） she bought me an orange juice and spiked it with vodka 她给我买了一杯橙汁，又悄悄地往里面掺了点伏特加。 Example sentencesExamples - He didn't know that the drinks were previously spiked.
- ‘Our experience is that in most cases where people say their drinks were spiked, it is simply that they have drunk too much’.
- Howden said he drank five litres of cider, lager and beer and thought someone had spiked his drink with Ecstasy.
- Alcohol is still the most common substance used to spike drinks, but spiking with drugs is on the increase.
- While out students should make sure they don't drink excessively and also be on their guard for drinks being spiked.
- The lawyer of a New Jersey woman accused of killing her brother-in-law and spiking his drink with antifreeze says that she's confessed.
- Date rape drugs are used to spike victims' drinks, causing memory loss so they are vulnerable to sex attacks.
- Driven by envy, his eldest brother spiked his drink with poison.
- She had insisted on all of them bringing their own water bottles, certain that the geniuses over in the football team would spike the punch.
- They insist that his drink was spiked or that he drank from the wrong glass.
- Also, if you don't know your date well take your drink with you when you go to the toilets; with so many drinks being spiked in bars these days it's better to be safe than sorry.
- His family is adamant that his drink was spiked.
- We have got the posters and cards up everywhere, and my staff will be slipping drink hangers into unattended drinks to show just how easy it is to spike a drink.
- Or rather, if he was going to do it, I believe he'd have just spiked his own food or drink.
- He believes his drink was spiked when he left his plastic cup on the bar to go to the toilet.
- What if someone spikes my drink at the next party?
- They can use it to spike the drinks of their victims, leaving them disorientated and eventually rendering them unconscious and unable to remember past events.
- His friends spiked his drink, thinking they're funny.
- I bet she spiked Daniel's drink and he was forced to accept responsibility.
- Painter and decorator Geoffrey Jenks was so shocked when he failed a roadside breath test, he felt his Cokes must have been spiked, Kennet magistrates in Devizes heard on Tuesday.
Synonyms adulterate, contaminate, drug - 3.1 Add sharp or pungent flavoring to (food or drink)
（在食物，饮料中）加辛辣刺激的调味料 spike the liquid with lime or lemon juice 在液体中加酸橙汁或柠檬汁。 Example sentencesExamples - Olive oil spiked with fresh chilli sits on the counter.
- 3.2 Enrich (a nuclear reactor or its fuel) with a particular isotope.
在（核反应堆或燃料）中加某种放射性同位素
4(in volleyball) hit (the ball) forcefully from a position near the net so that it moves downward into the opposite court. （排球中）扣球 Example sentencesExamples - Whether or not you can spike a mean volleyball, there is a lot to be said for being tall.
- In sports, the front raise is an integral part of throwing a softball, pulling upward while doing the back-stroke or spiking a volleyball.
- I took the volleyball from him, raised it above my head and spiked it over the net.
- The girl in the black bikini served the ball high and Brett moved in front of Emily to spike the ball over the net.
- Despite this being a busy week in games and practices, fans were still out to see the volleyball women doing their stuff as they spiked the ball in for the win.
- 4.1American Football Fling (the ball) forcefully to the ground, typically in celebration of a touchdown.
〔美橄〕摔（球）触地（多指为庆祝触地得分或比赛胜利） Example sentencesExamples - As he crosses the plane of the goal line, Harper plants his right foot, spins 27 degrees, and spikes the ball into the face of line judge Mike Durner.
- Jordan then spiked a ball which bounced off the ground and hit Collier, so he stopped.
OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch spiker, related to spoke. The verb dates from the early 17th century. nounspaɪkspīk Botany A flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem. 〔植〕穗，穗状花序。比较CYME，RACEME Compare with cyme, raceme Example sentencesExamples - This lovely evergreen sports dense foliage bearing spikes of dark red flower buds during late autumn.
- To get the most enjoyment from flower spikes, pick when the first florets are beginning to open.
- The flower spikes elongate up to a foot or more over a period of weeks.
- Further, like practically all perennials, Delphinium clamps gradually develop more numerous spikes and smaller flowers.
- If Cymbidium Orchids are congested with back bulbs, remove old flower spikes and divide and re-pot in good quality Cymbidium mix.
OriginLate Middle English (denoting an ear of corn): from Latin spica (see spica). |