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。
2have your ears/nose etc piercedDCJto 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 silverring.
3SEEHEAR[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。
4pierce somebody’s heartto 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.