| 单词 | lance |
| 释义 | lance lance1 —lancelike, adj. /lans, lahns/, n. , v. , lanced, lancing. n. 1. a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging. 2. a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer. 3. an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale. 4. (cap.) Mil. a U.S. Army surface-to-surface rocket with a range of 47 mi. (75 km) and capable of carrying a tactical nuclear warhead. 5. a lancet. 6. See oxygen lance. 7. Mach. a. a tube having a nozzle for cleaning furnace walls and other inaccessible surfaces with air, water, or steam. b. a pipe for directing oxygen onto a heated metal object in order to burn a hole in it, the lance also being consumed so as to add to the heat. v.t. 8. to open with or as if with a lancet. 9. to pierce with a lance. 10. to cut through (concrete or the like) with an oxygen lance. [1250-1300; ME launce < OF lance < L lancea (perh. < Celtic)] lance2 /lans, lahns/, n. See sand lance. [perh. special use of LANCE1, from its shape] |
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