English Dictionary

spike

IPA（発音記号）

/spaɪk/

名詞

広義 複数形 くだけた表現 歴史的 俗語

A sort of very large nail. / A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward. / (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape. / An ear of corn or grain.

日本語の意味

大型の釘の一種 / 先が上向きまたは外向きに設置された、尖った金属の部品など / その釘に似た形状を持つもの全般 / トウモロコシや穀物の穂

He hammered the spike into the oak beam until it was flush.

彼はオークの梁に大きな釘を面一になるまで打ち込んだ。

意味（1）

A sort of very large nail.

意味（2）

A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward.

The trap was lined with spikes.

意味（3）

(by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

He wears on his head the corona radiata […] ; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun.

意味（4）

An ear of corn or grain.

意味（5）

(botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.

意味（6）

(informal, chiefly in the plural) A running shoe with spikes in the sole to provide grip.

意味（7）

A sharp peak in a graph.

意味（8）

A surge in power or in the price of a commodity, etc.; any sudden and brief change that would be represented by a sharp peak on a graph.

If the border were shut down, consumers would most likely see an immediate spike in food prices, and supplies of fresh food could dwindle from grocery store shelves in a matter of days.

意味（9）

The rod-like protrusion from a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.

意味（10）

A long nail for storing papers by skewering them; (by extension) the metaphorical place where rejected newspaper articles are sent.

It was all true, it appeared. He sat down and wrote it, the editor read it and said: ' We don't use stories like this in this newspaper.' So the story ended up on the spike, reinforcing the principle that wife-swapping, unlike justice, must not be seen to be done.

意味（11）

(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.

意味（12）

(zoology) An adolescent male deer.

意味（13）

(slang, historical) The casual ward of a workhouse.

Dere's tay spikes, and cocoa spikes, and skilly spikes.

意味（14）

Spike lavender.

oil of spike

意味（15）

(music, lutherie) Synonym of endpin.

意味（16）

(theater) A mark indicating where a prop or other item should be placed on stage.

Sometimes actors set props on the spikes, or sometimes a deckhand will do it, depending on the action of the play.

意味（17）

(software engineering, XP) A small project that uses the simplest possible program to explore potential solutions.

An architectural spike is used to prove that a specific technical approach works. Teams will often do an architectural spike when they have a few different options for designing a specific technical solution, or if they don't know if a certain approach will work.

spikes （ plural ）