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刺穿,使绝望,钉住
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impaled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Impaling}.] [See 2d {Empale}.]
1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a
sharp stake. See {Empale}.
Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To
writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. --Addison.
2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak.
Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton.
3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield,
palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to
be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in
the honor thereof. --Fuller.
资料来源 : WordNet®
impale
v 1: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a
skewer" [syn: {transfix}, {empale}, {spike}]
2: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies
were impaled and left to die" [syn: {stake}]