transcription, транскрипция: [ spaɪk ]
( spikes)
1.
A spike is a long piece of metal with a sharp point.
...a 15-foot wall topped with iron spikes...
Yellowing receipts had been impaled on a metal spike.
N-COUNT
2.
Any long pointed object can be referred to as a spike .
Her hair stood out in spikes.
...a long spike of white flowers.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
3.
If there is a spike in the price, volume, or amount of something, the price, volume, or amount of it suddenly increases.
Although you’d think business would have boomed during the war, there was only a small spike in interest.
N-COUNT : oft N in n
4.
Spikes are a pair of sports shoes with pointed pieces of metal attached to the soles. They help runners’ feet to grip the ground when they are running.
N-PLURAL : also a pair of n
5.
see also spiked