impale
英[ɪm'peɪl]
美
- vt. 刺穿；钉住；使绝望
词态变化
第三人称单数: impales;过去式: impaled;过去分词: impaled;现在分词: impaling;
助记提示
1、in- "into, in" + pal- "stake, wooden post" + -e.
中文词源
impale 刺穿
im-,进入，使，-pal,柱子，木桩，词源同pale,pole.即用木桩穿过去，引申词义刺穿。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Researchers observed one bird impale a rodent on a cactus.
- 研究人员观察到一只鸟把一只啮齿动物钉在一棵仙人掌上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Singing among the savage branches, it impale itself upon the longest, sharpest spine.
- 它把自己钉在最尖最长的刺上,在蓁蓁树枝间婉啭啼鸣.
来自辞典例句
- 3. I poisoned him, but I did not impale him on a spear!
- 我毒死了他, 但是我没有把他插在长矛上!
来自电影对白
- 4. I say my arrow will impale your brain, now it comes.
- 我说过我的箭会刺穿你的脑袋, 现在它来了.
来自互联网
- 5. Impale - This will cause the target to bleed and suffer damage over time.
- 穿刺 - 让目标流血不止并持续一段时间的伤害.
来自互联网