impale
英 [?m'pe?l]
美
- vt. 刺穿；釘住；使絕望
擴展詞匯TEM8GRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?impales;過去式:?impaled;過去分詞:?impaled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?impaling;
助記提示
1、in- "into, in" + pal- "stake, wooden post" + -e.
中文詞源
impale 刺穿
im-,進入，使，-pal,柱子，木樁，詞源同pale,pole.即用木樁穿過去，引申詞義刺穿。
英文詞源
- impale (v.)
- 1520s, "to enclose with stakes, fence in," from Middle French empaler and directly from Medieval Latin impalare "to push onto a stake," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Latin palus "a stake, prop, stay; wooden post, pole," from PIE *pak-slo-, from root *pag-/*pak- "to fasten" (see pact). Sense of "pierce with a pointed stake" (as torture or punishment) first recorded 1610s. Related: Impaled; impaling.
雙語例句
- 1. Researchers observed one bird impale a rodent on a cactus.
- 研究人員觀察到一只鳥把一只嚙齒動物釘在一棵仙人掌上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Singing among the savage branches, it impale itself upon the longest, sharpest spine.
- 它把自己釘在最尖最長的刺上,在蓁蓁樹枝間婉囀啼鳴.
來自辭典例句
- 3. I poisoned him, but I did not impale him on a spear!
- 我毒死了他, 但是我沒有把他插在長矛上!
來自電影對白
- 4. I say my arrow will impale your brain, now it comes.
- 我說過我的箭會刺穿你的腦袋, 現(xiàn)在它來了.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Impale - This will cause the target to bleed and suffer damage over time.
- 穿刺 - 讓目標流血不止并持續(xù)一段時間的傷害.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)