英语词汇“lance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

lancelance1 /læns/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYlance¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French Latin lancea

a long thin pointed weapon that was used in the past by soldiers riding on horses

noun | verb

lancelance2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

lance

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	lance
	he, she, it	lances
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	lanced
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have lanced
	he, she, it	has lanced
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had lanced
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will lance
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have lanced

Continuous Form
Present	I	am lancing
	he, she, it	is lancing
	you, we, they	are lancing
Past	I, he, she, it	was lancing
	you, we, they	were lancing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been lancing
	he, she, it	has been lancing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been lancing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be lancing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been lancing

to cut a small hole in someone’s flesh with a sharp instrument to let out pus (=yellow liquid produced by infection): Lance the boil with a sterilized needle.