Lance



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 长矛; 鱼叉
• ［英］ n. 长矛 ( light spear) ; 鱼叉 ( fish spear)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lancea
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
• 2. any of various sharp objects suggestive of a lance: as
  • a. lancet
  • b. a spear used for killing whales or fish
• 3. lancer 1b

II. verb (lanced; lancing)

• Etymology: Middle English launcen, from Anglo-French lancer, from Late Latin lanceare, from Latin lancea
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to pierce with or as if with a lance
    • b. to open with or as if with a lancet <lance a boil>
  • 2. to throw forward ; hurl
• intransitive verb
  • to move forward quickly

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