impale

impale
verb
[with obj.]

transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument
刺穿，戳破
his head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see.
他的脑袋被刺在长枪上供众人观看。
(Heraldry)display (a coat of arms) side by side with another on the same shield, separated by a vertical line
(纹章)合绘（盾徽）于盾上垂直线两旁
[as adj. impaled]the impaled arms of her husband and her father.
她丈夫和她父亲的盾徽合绘在一处的盾形纹章。
■(of a coat of arms) adjoin (another coat of arms) in this way
（盾徽）与（另一盾徽）合绘

派生
impalement
noun
impaler
noun
语源

mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'enclose with stakes or pales'): from French empaler or medieval Latin impalare, from Latin in- 'in' + palus 'a stake'

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