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- impale something (on something)
to push a sharp pointed object through something （用尖物）刺穿 - impale somebody/yourself on something
if you impale yourself on something, or are impaled on it, you have a sharp pointed object pushed into you and you may be caught somewhere by it （被）刺中，穿透
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘enclose with stakes’): from French empaler or medieval Latin impalare, from Latin in- ‘in’ + palus ‘a stake’.