Значення

значень: 12
  1. (історичне)A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.

    Pike

    пи́каpíka

  2. A sharp, pointed staff or implement.

  3. A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).

  4. Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.

    Hecht

    щу́каščúka

    щукаščuka

    highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

  5. A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.

  6. (застаріле)A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.

  7. A pointy extrusion at the toe of a shoe.

    (застаріле, історичне)A style of shoes with pikes, popular in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries.

  8. (Північна Англія)Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.

    Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England.

  9. (зневажливе, ethnic, сленг, slur)A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.

  10. (застаріле)A pick, a pickaxe.

  11. (Британія, діалектне, застаріле)A hayfork.

  12. (евфемізм, застаріле, часто)A penis.

Приклади

речень: 17
  1. The pike is not yet struck.

    deNoch hängt der Hecht nicht am Haken. — al_ex_an_der

  2. The pike is a predatory fish.

    ruЩука - хищная рыба. — marafon

    deDer Hecht ist ein Raubfisch. — PeterR

  3. There is a pike in the pond.

    ruВ пруду щука. — marafon

  4. The pike was motionless in the water.

    deDer Hecht stand bewegungslos im Wasser. — brauchinet

  5. The pike and the perch are carnivores.

    ruЩука и окунь — плотоядные. — Wezel

Українська
За значеннями 1
fish of the genus Esox:
Русский
За значеннями 2
long spear:
fish of the genus Esox:
Deutsch
За значеннями 2
long spear:
fish of the genus Esox:

Походження

From Middle English pyke, pyk, pik, pike (“pike; sharp point, iron tip of a staff or spear

From Middle English pyke, pyk, pik, pike (“pike; sharp point, iron tip of a staff or spear, pointed toe of an item of footwear; sharp tool; mountain, peak”), from Old English pīc (“pointed object, pick axe”), and Middle French pique (“long thrusting weapon”), from Old French pic (“sharp point, spike”); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz, *pīkō (“sharp point, pike, peak”), related to pick with a narrower meaning.

Clipping of turnpike (“a toll road, especially a toll expressway; a spiked barrier across a road, originally used to block access to the road until toll had been paid”).

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