单词 | transpierce |
释义 | transpiercev. 1. a. transitive. To pierce through from side to side (with the agent or the instrument as subject: cf. pierce v. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > transpierce through-stingeOE thorough-runOE spitc1275 through-shovec1330 through-ficchea1400 through-girdc1405 tresperce1484 transpierce1594 reeve1681 1594 M. Drayton Ideas Mirrour i Then transpierce the Coarse. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iii. 160 She snatcht up a sword with which she transpierst her selfe. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 236 The sides transpierc'd, return a ratling Sound. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 188 I lanc'd my spear, and with a sudden wound Transpierc'd his back, and fix'd him to the ground. 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes xii. 360 He falls, transpierced by many wounds. b. transferred and figurative: esp. said of the effect of emotion, and the action of wind, light, sight, etc. ΚΠ 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres v. cxviii. sig. Ee4v Whereof the proofe was such As sharpest pryde could not transpers [1609 transpearce] the same. 1598 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. (new ed.) f. 30 v Is that great hart, that did aspire so hie, So soone transpersed with a womans eye? 1669 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 3) 41 The sharp Easterly and Northerly winds transpierce, and dry them up. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xlvi. 479 (note) The eye of Tacitus seems to have transpierced the camp of the Parthians and the walls of the haram. 1841 R. W. Emerson Spiritual Laws in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 158 The divine question which searches men, and transpierces every false reputation. 2. To make one's way through; to pass through, penetrate; in quot. 1908, to extend through. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > through smitec1275 to pass through ——c1330 traverse?a1400 transpiercec1604 pervade1656 bore1716 needle1813 the world > space > direction > specific directions > direct in specific directions [verb (transitive)] > extend through perforate1578 permeate1660 transpierce1908 c1604 W. Harbert Prophesie Cadwallader sig. H2 If Englands Loade-starre..Could the firme Centers regiment transpearse. 1796 R. Kirwan Elem. Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 93 Compound spar... In a porcelain heat, it vitrifies with the crucible, which it transpierces. 1908 Athenæum 6 June 701/3 A metal rod..transpierces the box. Derivatives transˈpierced adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > bored, pierced, or perforated > with a sharp-pointed instrument > transfixed transfixed1661 transpierced1838 1838 E. B. Browning Isobel's Child x Dear Lord, who spreadest out above Thy loving, transpierced hands. transˈpiercing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [adjective] > piercing > through and through transpiercing1592 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [noun] > by boring, piercing, or perforating > with sharp-pointed instrument > transfixion transpiercing1592 transfixion1609 impaling1711 impalement1874 1592 S. Daniel Complaint Rosamond in Wks. (1717) 42 Transpiercing Rays of christal pointed Eyes. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 272 Such transpiercings as rankle the flesh within. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1592 |
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