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lance

/lɑːns

noun

1A long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging: the warriors bore lances tipped with iron or steel...

Around me were swords and arrows, lances and spears, weapons of all kinds, even ones I had never seen before.
Men of the armies fought with double-edged swords, battle-axes, lances, slings, and weapons of archery.
Seventy-five thousand horsemen armed with long lances came crashing out of the woods.

Synonyms

spear, pike, javelin, bayonet, shaft;

harpoon

1.1A weapon resembling a lance used in hunting fish or whales.He could sink that harpoon 3 feet into a whale and once fast it was not long before he was on the whale's back driving the lance 6 feet into its vitals....

Stubb takes after it in the process of pitchpoling; with a long lance, connected to a length of rope, he darts the whale, then pulls the lance back, and repeats the process.
The harpoon is a metal lance that is blasted out of the ship's harpoon gun by old-fashioned black powder.

1.2 another term for lancer (sense 1).

2 [usually with modifier] A metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting.Five basic processes are involved: oxy fuel gas cutting, metal powder cutting, chemical flux cutting, oxygen lance cutting, and oxygen arc cutting....

The specific areas of the sample selected for ablation are subjected to a burst of laser light, which acts like a microscopic thermal lance, to vaporise a tiny spot on the surface just 0.02 millimetre wide.
In the open hearth process an oxygen lance is arranged to blow large volumes of oxygen onto the molten metal in the hearth.

3A rigid tube at the end of a hose for pumping or spraying liquid.This is one of those things where you drop a coin in the slot and then use a brush and a power spray, both on long lances attached to pressure hoses....

A pneumatically operated ball valve controls the flow of liquid nitrogen through each lance, and the entire process is sequenced from a pushbutton control panel.
He had borrowed the jet washer from his brother Alfred, who told the inquest he had modified it by replacing a plastic lance with a metal one.

verb [with object] Medicine

1Prick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument: abscesses should not be lanced until there is a soft spot in the centre figurative the prime minister made it one of his priorities to lance the boil of corruption...

The pustule was lanced and cultured and subsequently grew Haemophihis species.
Suggested treatment for small, intact blisters is to remove the blister contents by needle aspiration or to lance the blister at its base but leave a pedicle of attachment.
Because supplies were scarce, doctors did not have anesthetic to numb this patient before lancing a boil that had been causing him problems for more than a year.

1.1Pierce with or as if with a lance: the teenager had been lanced by a wooden splinter [no object]: pain lanced through her...

Slowly, stubbornly ignoring the excruciating pain that lanced my spine, I turned my face toward the wall.
There General Patton's American armour lanced its way into Nazi-held territory while the Brits fought a slower-paced battle into the Rhineland.
‘Go ask the boy,’ you mutter, lancing Michael with a cold glare.

Synonyms

cut, cut open, slit, incise, puncture, prick, nick, notch, pierce, stab, skewer, spike

1.2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] Move suddenly and quickly: he lanced through Harlequins' midfield to score Swansea’s lone try...

Suddenly, red laser beams lanced out from underneath the window.
A buzzard dropped down to watch, a heavy twin-rotor helicopter thudded over, a jet lanced through, and a gamekeeper rolled past in a 4x4, that was the traffic for the day.
Carpenter motioned Matthew and Smith to enter first and they did so, their gun-mounted lights lancing through the remaining dust suspended in the dry, stale air of the passage.

1.3 [with object] archaic Throw; hurl: he affirms to have lanced darts at the sun...

This is made evident by the fact that young Protestant girls from neighbouring schools also joined in the protest as they lanced verbal assaults at their Catholic peers.
The torpedo-boat lances one of her horrid needles of steel.
The lights have twinkled on in Lucern, spread below us, lancing golden shafts into the lake.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French lance (noun), lancier (verb), from Latin lancea (noun).

单词	lance
释义	lance /lɑːns / noun 1A long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging: the warriors bore lances tipped with iron or steel... Around me were swords and arrows, lances and spears, weapons of all kinds, even ones I had never seen before. Men of the armies fought with double-edged swords, battle-axes, lances, slings, and weapons of archery. Seventy-five thousand horsemen armed with long lances came crashing out of the woods. Synonyms spear, pike, javelin, bayonet, shaft; harpoon 1.1A weapon resembling a lance used in hunting fish or whales.He could sink that harpoon 3 feet into a whale and once fast it was not long before he was on the whale's back driving the lance 6 feet into its vitals.... Stubb takes after it in the process of pitchpoling; with a long lance, connected to a length of rope, he darts the whale, then pulls the lance back, and repeats the process. The harpoon is a metal lance that is blasted out of the ship's harpoon gun by old-fashioned black powder. 1.2 another term for lancer (sense 1). 2 [usually with modifier] A metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting.Five basic processes are involved: oxy fuel gas cutting, metal powder cutting, chemical flux cutting, oxygen lance cutting, and oxygen arc cutting.... The specific areas of the sample selected for ablation are subjected to a burst of laser light, which acts like a microscopic thermal lance, to vaporise a tiny spot on the surface just 0.02 millimetre wide. In the open hearth process an oxygen lance is arranged to blow large volumes of oxygen onto the molten metal in the hearth. 3A rigid tube at the end of a hose for pumping or spraying liquid.This is one of those things where you drop a coin in the slot and then use a brush and a power spray, both on long lances attached to pressure hoses.... A pneumatically operated ball valve controls the flow of liquid nitrogen through each lance, and the entire process is sequenced from a pushbutton control panel. He had borrowed the jet washer from his brother Alfred, who told the inquest he had modified it by replacing a plastic lance with a metal one. verb [with object] Medicine 1Prick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument: abscesses should not be lanced until there is a soft spot in the centre figurative the prime minister made it one of his priorities to lance the boil* of corruption... The pustule was lanced and cultured and subsequently grew Haemophihis species. Suggested treatment for small, intact blisters is to remove the blister contents by needle aspiration or to lance the blister at its base but leave a pedicle of attachment. Because supplies were scarce, doctors did not have anesthetic to numb this patient before lancing a boil that had been causing him problems for more than a year. 1.1Pierce with or as if with a lance: the teenager had been lanced by a wooden splinter* [no object]: pain lanced through her... Slowly, stubbornly ignoring the excruciating pain that lanced my spine, I turned my face toward the wall. There General Patton's American armour lanced its way into Nazi-held territory while the Brits fought a slower-paced battle into the Rhineland. ‘Go ask the boy,’ you mutter, lancing Michael with a cold glare. Synonyms cut, cut open, slit, incise, puncture, prick, nick, notch, pierce, stab, skewer, spike 1.2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] Move suddenly and quickly: he lanced through Harlequins' midfield to score Swansea’s lone try... Suddenly, red laser beams lanced out from underneath the window. A buzzard dropped down to watch, a heavy twin-rotor helicopter thudded over, a jet lanced through, and a gamekeeper rolled past in a 4x4, that was the traffic for the day. Carpenter motioned Matthew and Smith to enter first and they did so, their gun-mounted lights lancing through the remaining dust suspended in the dry, stale air of the passage. 1.3 [with object] archaic Throw; hurl: he affirms to have lanced darts at the sun... This is made evident by the fact that young Protestant girls from neighbouring schools also joined in the protest as they lanced verbal assaults at their Catholic peers. The torpedo-boat lances one of her horrid needles of steel. The lights have twinkled on in Lucern, spread below us, lancing golden shafts into the lake. Origin Middle English: from Old French lance (noun), lancier (verb), from Latin lancea (noun). Rhymes advance, Afrikaans, à outrance, chance, dance, enhance, entrance, faience, France, glance, mischance, outdance, perchance, prance, Provence, stance, trance
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