impale

• vt. 刺穿；釘住；使絕望

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。

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.

1. Researchers observed one bird impale a rodent on a cactus.

研究人員觀察到一隻鳥把一隻齧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, 現在它來了.

來自互聯網

5. Impale - This will cause the target to bleed and suffer damage over time.

穿刺 - 讓目標流血不止並持續一段時間的傷害.

來自互聯網