pierce
英 [p??s]
美[p?rs]
- vt. 刺穿；洞察；響徹；深深地打動
- vi. 進入；透入
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?pierces;過去式:?pierced;過去分詞:?pierced;現在分詞:?piercing;
中文詞源
pierce 刺穿，穿透
來自古法語percer,穿透，刺穿，改寫自拉丁語pertundere,穿透，刺穿，來自per-,通過，穿過，tundere,擊，打，搗，詞源同obtuse,contustion.
英文詞源
- pierce (v.)
- late 13c. "make a hole in; force one's way through," from Anglo-French perser, Old French percier "pierce, transfix, drive through" (12c., Modern French percer), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertusiare, frequentative of Latin pertusus, past participle of pertundere "to thrust or bore through," from per- "through" (see per) + tundere "to beat, pound," from PIE *tund-, from root *(s)teu- "to push, strike, knock, beat, thrust" (see obtuse). Related: Pierced; piercing.
雙語例句
- 1. A former associate of Mr. Pierce's was among the project's boosters.
- 皮爾斯先生的一個前合伙人是這個計劃的熱心支持者之一。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Producers decided to end her on-screen romance with Pierce Lawton.
- 制片人決定結束她在影片中與皮爾斯·勞頓的戀情。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A tap on the door interrupted him and Sally Pierce came in.
- 敲門聲打斷了他，薩莉·皮爾斯走了進來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The company hired the President's special trade representative to lobby Mr. Pierce.
- 公司雇用了總統的特別商業顧問去游說皮爾斯先生.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The knife did not pierce very deeply.
- 刀扎得不很深.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》