单词 | pierce |
释义 | pierce ![]() v. pierced, pierc·ing, pierc·es v.tr. 1. To cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument; stab or penetrate. 2. To make a hole or opening in; perforate. 3. To make a way through: The path pierced the wilderness. 4. To sound sharply through: His shout pierced the din. 5. To succeed in penetrating (something) with the eyes or the intellect: Large glowing yellow eyes pierced the darkness. v.intr. To penetrate into or through something: The rocket pierced through space. [Middle English percen, from Old French percer, probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiāre, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundere, to bore through : per-, per- + tundere, to beat.] piercer n. piercing adj. piercing·ly adv. |
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