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单词 lance
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lance

1 of 2

noun

ˈlan(t)s How to pronounce lance (audio)
1
: a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
2
: any of various sharp objects suggestive of a lance: such as
a
: lancet
b
: a spear used for killing whales or fish
3
: lancer sense 1b

lance

2 of 2

verb

lanced; lancing

transitive verb

1
a
: to pierce with or as if with a lance
b
: to open with or as if with a lancet
lance a boil
2
: to throw forward : hurl

intransitive verb

: to move forward quickly

Synonyms

Noun

  • javelin
  • pike
  • pikestaff
  • shaft
  • spear

Verb

  • gore
  • harpoon
  • impale
  • jab
  • peck
  • pick
  • pierce
  • pink
  • puncture
  • run through
  • skewer
  • spear
  • spike
  • spit
  • stab
  • stick
  • transfix
  • transpierce
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Example Sentences

Noun the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse Verb He had the boil on his arm lanced. doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Competing in a celebratory joust at French court, Henry received a fatal injury when his younger opponent’s lance struck his helmet, leaving splinters in his eye and head. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022 Others used machetes to hack off spear and lance points, and then decapitate their foes. Scott Dalton, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022 Hunched over, incredulous, the apostle extends his hand as Christ pulls back his robe, revealing a lance wound left by a Roman soldier. Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022 But one day, Averill and his friends came across a lance in their path. Outside Online, 10 May 2020 Above the birdlike forefoot of a knight, Above Quixote’s birdlike lance. Osip Mandelstam, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022 That leaves fine particles to coat stream and river bottoms where yellow lance mussels live and can eventually lead to declines in their population. Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021 Many gig workers are free-lance workers like designers, artists and writers. Bruce Rogers, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021 The knights are not humans but New Zealand giraffe weevils, a species of beetle with a snout like a lance. New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
Verb
The rumor was a man had died, he’d been caught beneath the rubble when lightning lanced the steeple. New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020 Brog next lanced various simulacra of common sense. Thomas Meaney, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020 My ex-partner used to poke me in the belly to create a metaphorical release, like lancing a boil. Maureen Stanton, Longreads, 17 Jan. 2020 The jet lanced the side of the tanker; the impact was shattering. Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 2 Jan. 2020 Oruç fled, only to be found hiding in a goat pen, where a Spanish soldier first lanced him and then beheaded him. National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2019 In other words, Mr. Carlson is free-lancing for partisan purposes and the Senate should ignore him. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2018 India’s problems of corruption and cronyism would be impossible to fix without first lancing the boil of . . Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 4 July 2018 But the second captured the moment: The streak of the missile, drawn out in the long exposure, lanced up into the night, another one further behind it. Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lancea

Verb

Middle English launcen, from Anglo-French lancer, from Late Latin lanceare, from Latin lancea

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Kids Definition

lance 1 of 2

noun

ˈlans How to pronounce lance (audio)
: a weapon with a long handle and a sharp steel head used by knights on horseback

lance

2 of 2

verb

lanced; lancing
: to cut open with a small sharp instrument
The doctor lanced the boil.

Medical Definition

lance 1 of 2

noun

ˈlan(t)s How to pronounce lance (audio)
: lancet

lance

2 of 2

transitive verb

lanced; lancing
: to open with or as if with a lancet : make an incision in or into
lance a boil
lance a vein

lance 1 of 2

noun

as in spear
a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • spear
  • javelin
  • pike
  • shaft
  • dart
  • trident
  • pikestaff
  • halberd
  • halbert
  • harpoon
  • spike
  • leister
  • gaff

lance

2 of 2

verb

as in to pierce
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • pierce
  • puncture
  • stab
  • spear
  • jab
  • stick
  • pick
  • harpoon
  • peck
  • pink
  • spit
  • spike
  • gore
  • skewer
  • impale
  • run through
  • poke
  • punch
  • slice
  • transfix
  • bayonet
  • dirk
  • pike
  • quill
  • transpierce
  • spindle
  • knife
  • thrust
  • perforate
  • prick
  • poniard
  • riddle
  • prong
  • cut
  • pinprick
  • gimlet
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