| 释义 |
im·pale
\ə̇mˈpāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl\ transitive verb
also em·pale \ə̇m, em-\
Etymology: Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French empaler, from Medieval Latin impalare, from Latin in- in- (II) + palus stake, pole — more at pole
1. archaic
a. : to enclose with poles, stakes, or a palisade
b. : to hem in : enclose, surround, confine, encircle
2.
a. : to pierce or pierce through with a pole or with something pointed; especially : to torture or kill by fixing on a sharp stake
b. : to fix in a position by piercing or piercing through with something pointed or to cause to be so fixed
< the head … impaled upon the bowsprit of his sloop — Nike Anderson >
< having some man rush at you so that he impaled his chest upon the ice pick — Erle Stanley Gardner >
< a butterfly impaled by a pin — Louis Bromfield >
c. : to fix in a position as if by piercing or piercing through in such a manner : fix in a position of defeat or helplessness or one from which there is no escape or retreat
< impaled itself on a dilemma — S.W.Chapman >
< a question on which … he had always been insecurely impaled — Marcia Davenport >
< impaled his victim neatly with his logic — V.L.Parrington >
d. : to deflate by telling logic or biting wit
3. : to join or conjoin in heraldry by impalement |