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lance

noun
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🔊/læns/
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  1. a weapon with a long wooden handle and a pointed metal end that was used by people fighting on horses in the past（旧时骑兵的）长矛
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French lance (noun), lancier (verb), from Latin lancea (noun).

lance

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they lance
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he / she / it lances
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past simple lanced
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past participle lanced
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-ing form lancing
🔊/ˈlɑːnsɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] lance something to cut open an infected place on somebody’s body with a sharp knife in order to let out the pus (= a yellow substance produced by infection)用刀切开（感染处放脓）
    • to lance an abscess切开脓肿
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a pain疼痛) to move suddenly and quickly and be very sharp突然迅速传导；突然剧烈起来
    • Pain lanced through his body.疼痛传到他的全身。🔊🔊
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French lance (noun), lancier (verb), from Latin lancea (noun).

Lance

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  1. a first name for boys