pierce

Word family

pierce /pɪəs $ pɪrs/ verb

1 [transitiveT]CUTHOLE to make a small hole in or through something, using an object with a sharp point 刺入，刺穿，刺破

Steam the corn until it can easily be pierced with a fork.

把玉米蒸到用叉子可以轻易扎透。

Rose underwent emergency surgery after a bullet pierced her lung.

罗丝被子弹射穿肺部，接受了紧急手术。

pierce a hole in/through something

Pierce small holes in the base of the pot with a hot needle.

用一根烧红的针在盆底扎几个小洞。

2 have your ears/nose etc pierced DCJto have a small hole made in your ears, nose etc so that you can wear jewellery through the hole 让人给耳朵/鼻子等穿孔

I had my belly-button pierced.

我在肚脐上穿了洞眼。

pierced ears

扎了耳洞的耳朵

Examples from the Corpus

have your ears/nose etc pierced• I am a female, mid-twenties and happen to have my nose pierced with one small silver ring.

3 SEEHEAR[intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] literary if sound or light pierces something, you suddenly hear or see it 〔声或光〕穿过，透入

The darkness was pierced by the beam from the lighthouse.

灯塔射出的光束穿透了黑暗。

A sudden scream pierced the silence.

突如其来的一声尖叫划破了寂静。

pierce through

The men’s lanterns pierced through the dense mist.

男人们手中灯笼的光线穿透了浓雾。

4 pierce somebody’s heart to make someone feel a strong emotion such as pain, sadness, or love 使某人心如刀割

Her memories sometimes pierced her heart.

回忆有时让她心如刀割。

5 [transitiveT] to force a way through something 突破

Leicester rarely threatened to pierce the Manchester United defence.

莱斯特城队很少能威胁到曼彻斯特联队的防线。

Examples from the Corpus

pierce• When nailing or screwing down carpet gripper strips, be careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables.• Generation X, best known for its pierced bodies and jaded outlook, is more optimistic about Wall Street than previous generations.• His skin was dark, dark brown, his head perfectly slick, his ear pierced by a tiny gold ring.• Whether voicing joyful exuberance or piercing heartbreak, she wrings all passion from the moment.• A spear point cut through her fur robes, pierced her skin, then drew back.• The arrow pierced his heart.• A bullet pierced his spinal cord.• An awl is an iron instrument used for piercing leather, but the word has been in punning use since time immemorial.• Orange-red flames pierced the dark sky.• She pierced the lid of the can and poured the milk into a saucepan.• Some distance away, sharp sirens pierce the silence of the dark night.• Shelley had her ears pierced when she was a teenager.• Then, their ears protected against the piercing whine, they activated the suction pump.

Origin pierce

(1200-1300) Old French percer, probably from Latin pertundere “to make a hole through”

pierce verb

Chinese

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