| 单词 | puncture |
| 释义 | puncture (pʌŋktʃəʳ ) Word forms: punctures , puncturing , punctured 1. countable noun B2 A puncture is a small hole in a car tyre or bicycle tyre that has been made by a sharp object. Somebody helped me mend the puncture. ...a tyre that has a slow puncture. Synonyms: flat tyre, flat, flattie [New Zealand] 2. countable noun A puncture is a small hole in someone's skin that has been made by or with a sharp object. An instrument called a trocar makes a puncture in the abdominal wall. [+ in] ...people with puncture wounds. Synonyms: hole, opening, break, cut 3. verb If a sharp object punctures something, it makes a hole in it. The bullet punctured the skull. [VERB noun] 4. verb B2 If a car tyre or bicycle tyre punctures or if someone or something punctures it, a hole is made in the tyre. The tyre is guaranteed never to puncture or go flat. [VERB] He punctured a tyre in the last lap. [VERB noun] Synonyms: deflate, go down, go flat 5. verb If someone's feelings or beliefs are punctured, their feelings or beliefs are made to seem wrong or foolish, especially when this makes the person feel disappointed or upset. His enthusiasm for fishing had been punctured by the sight of what he might catch. [be VERB-ed] Collocations: puncture the skin A bolt dropped during a space station repair could puncture the skin of a spacecraft and cause a catastrophe. Times, Sunday Times These injuries puncture the skin and have a high probability for the transmission of bloodborne pathogens. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their canines serve to puncture the skin and mostly allow a better grip, and do not do any significant damage to the prey. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At that, he squeezed my hand so tightly his fingernails punctured my skin. Times, Sunday Times Once the spine punctures the skin, the venom enters the wound through grooves in the spine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 刺孔, 穿破 Japanese: 刺し穴, 穴を開ける |
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