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Spear Asparagus Long Sharp Point End Weapon Stalks

英语单词 spear
英美音标 英 [spɪə(r)] 美 [spɪr]
中文释义 n.矛;标枪
v.刺穿
英语例句 (1) The fisher used a spear as his weapon.
(2) The hunter hurled his spear at the tiger.
(3) The spear curved through the air.
(4) The athlete is trying to launch a spear.
(5) They were standing in the river spearing fish.
中文例句 (1) 渔夫用矛作为武器。
(2) 猎人用力把他的长矛向虎投去。
(3) 标枪在空中沿曲线运动。
(4) 运动员正在用力投掷标枪。
(5) 他们站在河里叉鱼。
vocabulary简明 A spear consists of a long shaft that has a sharp point at one end. You might use one to go spear fishing, but that's about it. Spears are no longer the weapon of choice.
vocabulary扩展 Spear also refers to the action of impaling something or someone with a spear. “Odysseus blinded the Cyclops by jamming a huge spear into its eye.” In addition to the long-shafted, pointy spear that people throw, spear is the name for the sprout of a plant. In the vegetable world, separate stalks of asparagus are called spears.
柯林斯解释
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[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.
    2
    [VERB 动词]用矛(投)刺;叉住 If you spear something, you push or throw a pointed object into it.
      [V n]
      [be V-ed to n]
    • 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。

    3
    [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.
      [with supp]

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