| 单词 | puncture |
| 释义 | puncture (once / 2567 pages) vn When you puncture something, you make a hole in it. Stick a pin in a balloon and you'll not only make kids cry, you'll also puncture the balloon. Use the verb puncture to describe poking a sharp object into something. You can call the hole you've made a puncture as well: get a big enough puncture in your car tire and you'll need to call for help. In Latin, punctus means "to prick or pierce." The hardest thing about puncture is knowing how to spell it — remember that there's a c in the middle, and you'll probably get it right. WORD FAMILYpuncture: puncturable, punctured, punctureless, punctures, puncturing USAGE EXAMPLESAnother possible tactic might be to puncture Putin’s domestic image of invincibility. Slate(Dec 30, 2016) Once the aura of the czar was punctured, though, revolution became inevitable. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) She used her moments in the spotlight to puncture the fixed ideas of Hollywood. Time(Dec 28, 2016) 1v pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into puncture a tire Hypo|Hyper scarify puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals pierce make a hole into 2v make by piercing puncture a hole Hyper create, make make or cause to be or to become 3v cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing puncture an air balloon Hyper decompress, depressurise, depressurize decrease the pressure of 4v be pierced or punctured The tire punctured Hyper break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up become separated into pieces or fragments 5v reduce or lessen the size or importance of Syn|Hyper deflate deprecate, depreciate, vilipend belittle 6n the act of puncturing or perforating Hypo|Hyper centesis (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid perforationthe act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation) prick, prickingthe act of puncturing with a small point venipuncture(medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye abdominocentesis, paracentesiscentesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis amnio, amniocentesis(pregnancy) extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities arthrocentesisremoval of fluid from a joint by centesis celiocentesisremoval of fluid from the abdomen by centesis lumbar puncture, spinal puncture, spinal tapremoval by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes thoracentesis, thoracocentesisremoval of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes activity any specific behavior 7n a small hole made by a sharp object Hypo|Hyper pinhole a small puncture that might have been made by a pin pinpricksmall puncture (as if made by a pin) hole an opening deliberately made in or through something 8n loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object Hyper misadventure, mischance, mishap an instance of misfortune |
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