English Dictionary

pitchfork

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/

名詞

広義 くだけた表現 稀用

An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).

日本語の意味

農業で使用される道具で、散らばった軽い歯を持つフォークのような先端と長い柄からなり、主に干し草などの緩い草を高い位置に投げ上げるために使われる。

She grabbed the pitchfork and helped lift loose hay onto the wagon under the hot sun.

彼女は緩い干し草を投げ上げるための長い柄のフォークを手に取り、暑い日差しの下で干し草を荷馬車に載せるのを手伝った。

意味（1）

An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).

意味（2）

A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.

意味（3）

(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).

意味（4）

(rare) A tuning fork.

I went around with a pitchfork [tuning fork] in my pocket, and I'd hit it whenever I thought of it, and I developed perfect pitch […]

pitchforks （ plural ）