pierce
verb
uk/pɪəs/us/pɪrs/[I+ adv/prep,T]
to go into or through something, making aholein it using asharppoint:
刺穿,刺透,刺破Theneedlepierces thefabricfourtimesa second.针穿过织物的速度是每秒钟4次。
I couldn'tweartheseearringsbecause myearsaren't pierced.我没法戴这些耳环,因为我没有穿耳孔。
Thegunfiresashellcapableof piercing thearmourof anenemytank.这种炮发射的炮弹能穿透敌人坦克的装甲。
Theholetheydrilledpierces sixkilometresintothe earth'scrust.他们钻的孔深入地壳6公里。
[T]
(of alight,sound, etc.) tosuddenlybeseenorheard,despitedarkness,noise, etc.:
(光、声音等)透入,进入A fewraysofsunlightpierced thesmoke.几缕阳光穿透了烟幕。
Making holes in things
- bore
- borer
- breach
- dent
- drill
- gouge
- hole
- perforate
- perforated
- piercing
- prick
- probe
- punch
- puncture
- rebore
- redrill
- riddle
- undrilled
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Crossing and moving through