spear

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n. 矛, 枪, 持矛者, 嫩枝 vt. 用矛刺 vi. 刺, 戳 a. 父系的

发音

UK /spɪə̯(ɹ)/
CA /spɪɹ/
US /spɪɹ/

词形变化

spears 复数 speared speareth spearing spears 三单 spears spearing 现在分词 speared 过去式 speared 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

用矛刺

to push or throw a spear into something, especially in order to kill it

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.

  2. 2.

    A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.

  4. 4.

    An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.

    体育
  5. 5.

    In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.

    政治 体育 军事
  6. 6.

    A shoot, as of grass; a spire.

  7. 7.

    The feather of a horse.

  8. 8.

    The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.

  9. 9.

    A long, thin strip from a vegetable.

    asparagus and broccoli spears

  10. 1.

    The sprout of a plant, stalk

    生物 植物学
  11. 2.

    A church spire.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To pierce with a spear.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object; to make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.

    及物 引申义
  3. 3.

    To tackle an opponent by ramming into them with one's helmet.

  4. 4.

    To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To ignore as a social snub.

    废旧 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Male.

    a spear counterpart

  2. 2.

    Pertaining to male family members.

    the spear side of the family

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From Middle English spere, sperre, spear, from Old English spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognates See also West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, German Speer, Old Norse spjǫr, *sparrô, Middle Dutch sparre (“rafter”), Old Norse sparri (“spar, rafter”), sperra (“rafter, beam”); also Latin sparus (“short spear”), Albanian ferrë (“thorn, thornbush”).

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