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pierce

verb
🔊/pɪəs/
🔊/pɪrs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pierce
🔊/pɪəs/
🔊/pɪrs/
he / she / it pierces
🔊/ˈpɪəsɪz/
🔊/ˈpɪrsɪz/
past simple pierced
🔊/pɪəst/
🔊/pɪrst/
past participle pierced
🔊/pɪəst/
🔊/pɪrst/
-ing form piercing
🔊/ˈpɪəsɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpɪrsɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to make a small hole in something, or to go through something, with a sharp object扎；刺破；穿透
    • pierce something The arrow pierced his shoulder.箭头射入他的肩膀。🔊🔊
    • He pierced another hole in his belt with his knife.他用刀子在皮腰带上又扎了一个洞。🔊🔊
    • to have your ears/nose, etc. pierced (= to have a small hole made in your ears/nose, etc. so that you can wear jewellery there)在耳朵、鼻子等上扎洞眼
    pierce somebody
    • (figurative) She was pierced to the heart with guilt.她万般愧疚，心如刀割。🔊🔊
    • pierce through something The knife pierced through his coat.刀子刺穿了他的外衣。🔊🔊
    • The narrowed blue eyes seemed to pierce right through her.狭窄的蓝眼睛似乎刺穿了她。
  2. [transitive, intransitive] pierce (through) something (literary) (of light, sound, etc.光、声等) to be suddenly seen or heard刺破；穿过；透入
    • Sirens pierced the silence of the night.警笛声划破了夜晚的宁静。🔊🔊
    • Shafts of sunlight pierced the heavy mist.缕缕阳光穿透了浓雾。🔊🔊
  3. [transitive, intransitive] pierce (through) something to force a way through a barrier冲破；突破 synonym penetrate
    • They failed to pierce the Liverpool defence.他们未能突破利物浦队的防线。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French percer, based on Latin pertus- ‘bored through’, from the verb pertundere, from per ‘through’ + tundere ‘thrust’.