Spear



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.矛尖; 嫩叶; v.刺戳
• ［英］ n.矛 ( a thrusting or throwing weapon) ; 嫩叶 ( a young shoot, or sprout) ; v.刺戳 ( to thrust with a spear)
• ［例］ His reproachful gaze speared into my heart. ( 他那谴责的目光刺穿我的心)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English spere, from Old English; akin to Old High German sper spear, Latin sparus hunting spear
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a thrusting or throwing weapon with long shaft and sharp head or blade
• 2. a sharp-pointed instrument with barbs used in spearing fish
• 3. spearman

II. verb

• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to pierce, strike, or take with or as if with a spear <spear salmon><speared a chop from the platter>
  • 2. to catch (as a baseball) with a sudden thrust of the arm
• intransitive verb
  • to thrust at or wound something with or as if with a spear
• ? spearer noun

III. adjective

• Date: 1861
• paternal 3 <the spear side of the family> — compare distaff

IV. intransitive verb

• Etymology: ［sup］5［/sup］spear
• Date: 1573
• of a plant to thrust a spear upward

V. noun

• Etymology: alteration of ［sup］1［/sup］spire
• Date: 1647
• a usually young blade, shoot, or sprout (as of grass)

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