音标:[im'peil] ;
vt. 刺穿, 使绝望, 钉住
v. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
词型变化:过去式 : impaled ; 过去分词 : impaled ; 现在分词 : impaling ; 第三人称单数 : impales ; 名词复数形式 : impales
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impale的用法和样例:

例句

  1. In former times, prisoners' heads were impaled on pointed stakes.从前的人把监犯的头钉在尖桩上。

经典引文

  • So he might impale a strip of soil.

    出自:T. Hood
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