pickaxe

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈpɪkˌæks/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
    — He was mining stone using a pickaxe.
动词 v.
  1. To use a pickaxe.

词形变化

pickaxes plural pickax alternative,US pick-axe alternative pickaxes present,singular,third-person pickaxing participle,present pickaxed participle,past pickaxed past pickax alternative,US pick-axe alternative

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (“pickaxe”), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“sharp point, pike”). Doublet of pique and pike.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (“pickaxe”), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“sharp point, pike”). Doublet of pique and pike.
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