| 单词 | spear |
| 释义 | spear (once / 245 pages) nv A spear consists of a long shaft that has a sharp point at one end. You might use one to go spear fishing, but that's about it. Spears are no longer the weapon of choice. Spear also refers to the action of impaling something or someone with a spear. “Odysseus blinded the Cyclops by jamming a huge spear into its eye.” In addition to the long-shafted, pointy spear that people throw, spear is the name for the sprout of a plant. In the vegetable world, separate stalks of asparagus are called spears. WORD FAMILYspear: speared, spearing, spears USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Cakautavatava described the old days of hunting turtles in a fiberglass boat and spearing them through the shell. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The third, a Zulu spear, and so on. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) It’s not somber scientists who drive human ingenuity, nor the warrior class and its quest for a better spear. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon Syn|Hypo|Hyper lance, shaft assagai, assegai the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa javelina spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events tridenta spear with three prongs arm, weapon, weapon system any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting 2n an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish Syn|Hypo|Hyper fishgig, fizgig, gig, lance harpoon a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it leistera spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon) implement instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end 3v pierce with a spear spear fish Hyper empale, impale, spike, transfix pierce with a sharp stake or point 4v thrust up like a spear The branch speared up into the air Syn|Hyper spear up jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out extend out or project in space |
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