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单词 piercer
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pierce /pɪrs/USA pronunciation   v., pierced, pierc•ing. 
  1. to penetrate or go through (something), as a pointed object does: [+ object]The spear pierced his leg and he fell.[no object]An arrow pierced through his arm.
  2. to make a hole or opening in:[+ object]She got her ears pierced.
  3. to make (a hole) by or as if by drilling, etc.:[+ object]They pierced a hole through the ship's hull.
  4. to force or make a way into or through:[+ object]a road that pierces the jungle.
  5. to sound sharply through (the air, etc.), as a cry:[+ object]A scream pierced the silence of the night.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pierce  (pērs),USA pronunciation v., pierced, pierc•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
  2. to make a hole or opening in.
  3. to bore into or through;
    tunnel.
  4. to perforate.
  5. to make (a hole, opening, etc.) by or as by boring or perforating.
  6. to make a way or path into or through:a road that pierces the dense jungle.
  7. to penetrate with the eye or mind;
    see into or through:She couldn't pierce his thoughts.
  8. to affect sharply with some sensation or emotion, as of cold, pain, or grief:The wind pierced her body. Her words pierced our hearts.
  9. to sound sharply through (the air, stillness, etc.):A pistol shot pierced the night.

v.i. 
  1. to force or make a way into or through something;
    penetrate:to pierce to the heart.
  • Vulgar Latin *pertūsiāre, verb, verbal derivative of Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundere to bore a hole through, perforate, equivalent. to per- per- + tundere to strike, beat
  • Old French perc(i)er
  • Middle English percen 1250–1300
piercea•ble, adj. 
piercer, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged enter, puncture. Pierce, penetrate suggest the action of one object passing through another or making a way through and into another. The terms are used both concretely and figuratively. To pierce is to perforate quickly, as by stabbing; it suggests the use of a sharp, pointed instrument which is impelled by force:to pierce the flesh with a knife; a scream pierces one's ears.Penetrate suggests a slow or difficult movement:No ordinary bullet can penetrate an elephant's hide; to penetrate the depths of one's ignorance.
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged touch, move, strike, thrill.

Pierce  (pērs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
  2. Biographical John Robinson, born 1910, U.S. electrical engineer: helped develop communications satellites.
  3. a male given name, form of Peter. 

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