pitchfork

pitchfork
noun
  1. a farm tool with a long handle and two sharp metal prongs, used especially for lifting hay
    干草叉
verb
  1. [with obj. and adverbial of direction]lift with a pitchfork
    (用干草叉)叉起
    ■(figurative)thrust (someone) suddenly into an unexpected and difficult situation
    (喻)(突然)把…推入(未预料到的、困难的处境中)
语源
  1. late Middle English: from earlier pickfork, influenced by the verb pitch (because the tool is used for ‘pitching’ or throwing sheaves on to a stack)
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