英语词汇“spear”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	spear
释义	Trends of spear View usage for: spear (spɪəʳ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense spears, present participle spearing, past tense, past participle speared 1. countable noun A spear is a weapon consisting of a long pole with a sharp metal point attached to the end. 2. verb If you spear something, you push or throw a pointed object into it. Spear a piece of fish with a carving fork and dip it in the batter. [VERB noun] A police officer was speared to death. [be V-ed to n] Synonyms: gore, pierce, lance, bayonet More Synonyms of spear 3. countable noun Asparagus or broccoli spears are individual stalks of asparagus or broccoli. spear in British English 1 (spɪə) noun 1. a weapon consisting of a long shaft with a sharp pointed end of metal, stone, or wood that may be thrown or thrust 2. a similar implement used to catch fish 3. another name for spearman verb 4. to pierce (something) with or as if with a spear Derived forms spearer (ˈspearer) noun Word origin Old English spere; related to Old Norse spjör spears, Greek sparos gilthead spear in British English 2 (spɪə) noun a shoot, slender stalk, or blade, as of grass, asparagus, or broccoli Word origin C16: probably variant of spire1, influenced by spear1 spear in American English (spɪr) noun 1. a weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft with a sharp point, usually of metal or stone, for thrusting or throwing 2. any spearlike, often forked, implement used for thrusting, as in one kind of fishing 3. spearman 4. a long blade or shoot, as of grass verb transitive 5. to pierce or stab with something pointed, as a spear 6. to catch (fish, etc.) with a spear 7. Informal to extend the arm so as to make a one-handed catch of (a baseball, etc.) verb intransitive 8. to pierce or shoot like a spear 9. to sprout into a long stem Derived forms spearer (ˈspearer) noun Word origin ME spere < OE (akin to Ger speer) < IE base sper- > spar2, L sparus; (sense 4) var. of spire2; ? infl. by spear (sense 1) Image of spear © prapann, shutterstock Examples of 'spear' in a sentence spear Its visible symbol came to her in a glowing spear that pierced her from head to foot. Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993) The most likely reason for a crop of thin asparagus spears is prolonged harvesting the previous season. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He lurched forwards to throw his first spear. Times, Sunday Times (2013) With a high tackle the head goes backwards but with a spear tackle the head goes forwards. Times, Sunday Times (2013) First came a single course with sharp spears. Christina Hardyment Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler (2005) Chop half of the spears into small pieces and reserve the other half with the tips intact. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Spoon the sauce around the chicken followed by the broccoli spears. Times, Sunday Times (2007) My father grabbed the end of the spear and held it away from him. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Choose asparagus spears that feel firm and snappy. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Hold the asparagus spears by the ends and bend them until they snap. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Cut the sheets in half and lay a spear of asparagus along the cut edge of each half. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The spear tackle would have not become the defining feature of the game that will be discussed for years. Times, Sunday Times (2011) In the 1970s the poachers came with long spears. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Meanwhile, steam or lightly boil the broccoli spears. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It wasn't a spear tackle where you pick the guy up and throw him. The Sun (2008) The organisation's shield consisted of a male forearm whose fist was thrusting the point of a spear into the jaws of a wolf. Paul Preston DOVES OF WAR: Four Women of Spain (2002) One side had been deeply scored near the base, presumably to provide better grip for the lashing which secured it to the spear shaft. Francis Pryor BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans (2003) Wulfgar, with his great shout ringing in the forest, held the point of the spear full against the snout. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE He attacks with his long spear, to the end of which he has fastened a composition of wild fire, lighted into a blaze. Ben Macintyre JOSIAH THE GREAT: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King (2004) Of course, if you need a breather at some point, just spear off on one of the side roads and disappear up onto the moors. Times, Sunday Times (2010) In other languages spear British English: spear NOUN A spear* is a weapon consisting of a long pole with a sharp metal point attached to the end. American English: spear Brazilian Portuguese: lança Chinese: 矛 European Spanish: lanza French: lance German: Speer Italian: lancia Japanese: やり Korean: 창 European Portuguese: lança Latin American Spanish: lanza British English: spear VERB If you spear something, you push or throw a pointed object into it. Spear a piece of fish with a carving fork and dip it in the batter. American English: spear Brazilian Portuguese: lancear Chinese: 刺 European Spanish: alancear French: piquer German: aufspießen Italian: infilzare Japanese: 刺す Korean: 창으로 찌르다 European Portuguese: lancear Latin American Spanish: alancear All related terms of 'spear' spear grass any of various native Australian grasses , esp of the genera Stipa or Heteropogon , with sharp-pointed seeds spear side the male side or branch of a family spear carrier an actor with a walk-on role spear-thrower a flexible device for launching a spear , usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air spear-phishing the practice of sending fraudulent e-mails to extract financial data from computer users for purposes of identity theft , by mimicking a sender that the recipient knows golden spear grass a New Zealand speargrass, Aciphylla aurea gum digger's spear a long steel probe used by gum diggers digging for kauri gum golden Spaniard a New Zealand speargrass, Aciphylla aurea taramea a New Zealand speargrass, Aciphylla aurea Chinese translation of 'spear' spear (spɪəʳ) n (c) (= weapon) 矛 (máo) (根, gēn) vt [person] 用矛刺 (yòng máo cì) [object] 叉 (chā) (verb) in the sense of gore Definition a weapon consisting of a long pole with a sharp point Spearing fish was a traditional way to hunt. Synonyms gore He was gored to death by a rhinoceros. pierce Pierce the skin of the potato with a fork. lance bayonet He carried the colonel on his back after he was bayoneted. impale I had to go to hospital after impaling my foot on a railing spike. Additional synonyms in the sense of bayonet Definition to stab or kill with a bayonet He carried the colonel on his back after he was bayoneted. Synonyms stab, cut, wound, knife, slash, pierce, run through, spear, transfix, impale, lacerate, stick in the sense of impale Definition to pierce through or fix with a sharp object I had to go to hospital after impaling my foot on a railing spike. Synonyms pierce, stick, run through, spike, lance, spear, skewer, spit, transfix in the sense of pierce Definition to make a hole in (something) with a sharp point Pierce the skin of the potato with a fork. Synonyms penetrate, stab, spike, enter, bore, probe, drill, run through, lance, puncture, prick, transfix, stick into, perforate, impale Synonyms of 'spear' spear Explore 'spear' in the dictionary
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