pitchforks

英 [ˈpɪtʃfɔːks]

美 [ˈpɪtʃˌfɔrks]

n. 杈子; 干草叉
pitchfork的复数

柯林斯词典

干草叉；草耙
Apitchforkis a tool with a long handle and two pointed parts that is used on a farm for lifting hay or cut grass.

To do what? Sharpen their pitchforks?
为什么呢？磨尖他们的干草叉？
Faced with that threat, which is merely the tip of a wider iceberg of voter anger, the Obama administration has acted; no doubt it now hopes that the pitchforks will vanish or be re-directed against the banks.
面对这种威胁而这只不过是选民怒火的冰山一角奥巴马政府开始采取行动。毫无疑问，他们现在希望的是这些干草叉突然消失，或者说换个方向对准银行。
We'd just arrived at the picnic ground when it started raining pitchforks.
我们刚到野餐目的地就下起了倾盆大雨。
They` re farmers with pitchforks!
他们是拿着耙子的农夫！
Many among them, women and children, only armed with axes, torches, and pitchforks.
他们中许多，只是妇女儿童，却拿起斧子，火把和草叉。
Again the villagers came running with their pitchforks to protect the sheep.
男孩又嘲笑那些忧心忡忡的村民。
In my experience, devils very rarely wear horns and carry pitchforks.
以我的经验来看，恶棍们很少带有触角和带干草叉的。
All of this begs a familiar question, being debated on comment boards: is it time to light the torches, get out the pitchforks and once again skewer Facebook for messing with a good thing and refusing to leave well enough alone?
（科技博客Betabeat的杰西卡•罗伊甚至因此猜测，这是不是就是BuddyMedia急着把自己卖出去的原因。）