单词	impale
释义	impaleim‧pale /ɪmˈpeɪl/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINimpale Origin: 1500-1600 French empaler, from Medieval Latin impalare, from Latin palus ‘pointed stick’ Verb Table VERB TABLE impale Simple Form Present I, you, we, they impale he, she, it impales Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they impaled Present perfect I, you, we, they have impaled he, she, it has impaled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had impaled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will impale Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have impaled Continuous Form Present I am impaling he, she, it is impaling you, we, they are impaling Past I, he, she, it was impaling you, we, they were impaling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been impaling he, she, it has been impaling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been impaling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be impaling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been impaling Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Delaforce was impaled on the control column, but by then his neck was broken anyway. Despite keeping such company, he did not hesitate to impale the rich and mighty on his pen. He was holding a stout branch, and impaled upon it was the bloody head of the leopard. His blue-grey eyes were as cold as a Siberian winter, and Polly felt as though she had been impaled by twin icicles. His legs were impaled with a thousand needles of pine and hemlock; hemlock cones and crabapple were strapped to his waist. I missed the door, however, and became impaled on the Frederick Hart sculpture. Women first are presented as bloodsucking threats, then impaled with gusto. if someone or something is impaled, a sharp pointed object goes through thembe impaled on something Their heads were impaled on Charles Bridge as a warning to others.GRAMMAR Impale is often used in the passive.—impalement noun [countable, uncountable]
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