pitchfork的词源

英文词源

pitchfork

pitchfork: see pike

pitchfork (n.)

mid-14c., altered (by influence of pichen "to throw, thrust;" see pitch (v.1)) from Middle English pic-forken (c. 1200), from pik (see pike (n.4)) + fork (n.). The verb is attested from 1837.

中文词源

pitchfork：叉子，干草叉

来自中古英语pickfork,干草叉，词义受pitch（扔，抛）影响而使拼写俗化。

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