lance
lance
noun
noun
- (historical)a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, used by a horseman in charging
(史)长矛
■a similar weapon used in hunting fish or whales
鱼叉，捕鲸叉
■another term for lancer (in sense 1)
同 lancer （义项1）
■[usu. with modifier]a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting
氧气切割枪
■a rigid tube at the end of a hose for pumping or spraying liquid
喷头，喷水器
- [with obj.](Medicine)prick or cut open with a lancet or other sharp instrument
(医)用柳叶刀等刺（或切开）
the prime minister made it one of his priorities to lance the boil of corruption.
首相把对贪污腐败毒瘤动手术作为首要工作之一。
■pierce with or as if with a lance
（如同）用矛戳
the teenager had been lanced by a wooden splinter.
那少年被木片戳伤了。
[no obj.]his eyes lanced right through her.
他的目光洞穿了她。
■[no obj., with adverbial of direction]move suddenly and quickly
突然快速移动
he lanced through Harlequins' midfield to score Swansea's lone try.
他快速穿过哈利昆的中场，为斯旺西队惟一的射门得分。
pain lanced through her.
痛苦迅速传遍她全身。
■[with obj. and adverbial of direction](poetic/literary)fling； launch
(诗／文)投，掷
he affirms to have lanced darts at the sun.
他坚持说曾向太阳投掷飞镖。
- Middle English: from Old French lance (noun), lancier (verb), from Latin lancea (noun)
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