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单词 through-piercing
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through-piercingadj.

Brit. /ˈθruːpɪəsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈθruˌpɪrsɪŋ/
Forms:

α. 1500s thorough-piercing, 1500s thorrou-persinge, 1600s thorow-piercing.

β. 1800s– through-piercing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: thorough- prefix, piercing adj., through- prefix.
Etymology: In α. forms < thorough- prefix + piercing adj. In β. forms < through- prefix + piercing adj. Compare earlier through-pierce v.
That pierces through something.
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1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. L3 The parson of a kinge is a thorrou persinge [Sp. transparente] an sheninge lookinge glasse, in the whiche all the subgects sees them selfs.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N4v Her tender heart was rent in twaine, Or thrild with point of thorough piercing paine.
1655 F. Teate Scripture-map Wildernesse of Sin i. vii. 39 Oh! what piercing, what thorow-piercing thorns are here?
1893 Glasgow Herald 16 Oct. 7/6 A great bell..fastened to an expressive hand by a through-piercing nail.
2014 D. L. McKiernan Stolen Crown (Electronic ed.) The King fell dead, as the through-piercing arrow took its final toll.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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