Spear
[spɪə] or [spɪr]
解释:
(noun.) a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon.
(noun.) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.
(verb.) pierce with a spear; 'spear fish'.
(verb.) thrust up like a spear; 'The branch speared up into the air'.
校对:瓦珥--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.
(n.) Fig.: A spearman.
(n.) A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
(n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
(n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
(n.) The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
(v. t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
(v. i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
简录入
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Lance, javelin.[2]. Shoot, spire.
格里塔手打
解释:
n. a long weapon used in war and hunting made of a pole pointed with iron: a lance with barbed prongs used for catching fish.—v.t. to pierce or kill with a spear.—ns. Spear′-fish a kind of carp-sucker—also Sail-fish and Skimback: the bill-fish a histiophoroid fish related to the swordfish; Spear′-foot the off or right hind-foot of a horse; Spear′-grass a name applied to various grasses esp. those known as meadow-grass the Kentucky blue-grass: either of two New Zealand plants of the parsley family with long spinous leaflets; Spear′-head the iron point of a spear; Spear′-lil′y a plant of one of the species of the Australian genus Doryanthes of the Amaryllide with sword-shaped leaves; Spear′man a man armed with a spear; Spear′mint the common garden-mint; Spear′-this′tle the common thistle; Spear′-wood one of two Australian trees whose wood makes good spear-shafts; Spear′-wort the name of several species of Ranunculus with lance-shaped leaves.
昌西整理
例句:
- Another spear and then another touched him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The feverish young inn-keeper and ex-engineer started like Satan at the touch of Ithuriel's spear. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- They fight with bows and arrows and a short spear: they go into battle wearing trousers and having caps on their heads. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- As he makes a lunge towards one horseman, another runs a spear into him. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- One Norwegian long defended it by his single arm, and was at length pierced with a spear thrust through the planks of the bridge from a boat beneath. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- So fine were the lines of her lips that, though full, each corner of her mouth was as clearly cut as the point of a spear. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- I wonder, now, who that spear was intended for. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The hunters carry big shields and spears, and stand in rows one behind the other. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Weapons hung against the walls--long spears, strangely shaped knives, a couple of narrow shields. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Bows, spears, and swords were its only weapons. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- So his captains had run him through with their spears and left him. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And also he strengthened his phalanx by giving the rear men longer spears than had been used hitherto, and so deepening its mass. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Their soldiers carried long spears and shields, and fought in close formation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Man had begun to make spears for use in a pinch, but would you like to tackle a husky bear or a well-horned stag with only a spear for a weapon? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- A French lancer had speared the young ensign in the leg, who fell, still bravely holding to his flag. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It was Captain Osborne that cut down the French lancer who had speared the ensign. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
整理:泰勒