Prong

(noun.) a pointed projection.

手打:南希

• Had it a deep prong, hey? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I fancy them guarded by grooms of the chamber with flaming silver forks with which they prong all those who have not the right of the entree. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• In either case the distance through which the prongs move is very small and the period is very short, so that the eye can seldom detect the movement itself. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• If a light cork ball on the end of a thread is brought in contact with a sounding fork, the ball does not remain at rest, but vibrates back and forth, being driven by the moving prongs. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The passengers slide off upon the prongs of the comb at the top and land without jar or shock. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The platform glides through the prongs of a comb at the lower level and journeys upward at a moderate speed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• That the prongs are in motion, however, is seen by the action of a pith ball when brought in contact with the prongs (see Section 250). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

整理:诺拉