The word "spear" can be a noun, referring to a weapon with a sharp point on a long pole used historically for combat, hunting, and fishing, or to the tender stem of vegetables like asparagus or broccoli. It can also be a verb, meaning to thrust or stab something with a spear or pointed object.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]矛;投枪;梭镖 A spear is a weapon consisting of a long pole with a sharp metal point attached to the end.
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[VERB 动词]用矛(投)刺;叉住 If you spear something, you push or throw a pointed object into it.
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Spear a piece of fish with a carving fork and dip it in the batter...
用切肉叉叉一片鱼肉,在面糊里蘸一下。
A police officer was speared to death.
一名警官被刺死了。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](芦笋、花椰菜等的)嫩茎 Asparagus or broccoli spears are individual stalks of asparagus or broccoli.
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Oxford
spear/spɪə(r); NAmEspɪr/
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spearspearsspearedspearingnoun _sword_comp.jpg _spear.jpg 1a weapon with a long wooden handle and a sharp metal point used for fighting, hunting and fishing in the past 矛;标枪2the long pointed stemof some plants (某些植物的)嫩枝,幼芽verbspearsth/sb to throw or push a spearor other pointed object through sth/sb 用矛刺;用尖物刺穿◆They were standing in the river spearing fish.他们站在河里叉鱼。◆She speared an olive with her fork.她用叉子叉了一个橄榄。spear/spɪə(r); NAmEspɪr/
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spear1 noun
spear2 verb
spearspear1 /spɪə $ spɪr/ noun [countable]
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1a pole with a sharp pointed blade at one end, used as a weapon in the past2a thin pointed stem of a plant: asparagus spears
spear1 noun
spear2 verb
spearspear2 verb [transitive]
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1to push or throw a spear into something, especially in order to kill it2to push a pointed object, usually a fork, into something, so that you can pick it up → stab
WDF
spear
[spɪə(r)]speared, spearing, spears
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spears[2666]
矛(82%),标枪(12%),刺穿(6%)
n.矛,枪
vt.用矛刺
n.(Spear)人名;(英)斯皮尔
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