puncture
noun[C]
uk/ˈpʌŋk.tʃər/us/ˈpʌŋk.tʃɚ/asmallholemade by asharpobject,especiallyin atyre:
(尤指轮胎上被尖物刺出的)小孔Mybikehashadtwo punctures in the last threeweeks.在过去的三周里我的自行车被扎了两个小孔。
I(= mycartyre)hada puncture when I wasdrivingback fromwork.我下班开车回来时车胎被扎了个洞。
She had a puncturewoundin herarm, from awaspsting.她的手臂被黄蜂蜇伤了。
Holes, hollows and dips
- anti-crack
- aperture
- blistered
- chink
- cranny
- cratering
- dint
- escape hatch
- gouge
- hollow
- imprint
- intake
- interstice
- leak
- leaky
- nook
- nooks and cranniesidiom
- piercing
- pinprick
- tear
puncture
verb
uk/ˈpʌŋk.tʃər/us/ˈpʌŋk.tʃɚ/[IorT]
to make asmallholein something, or to get asmallholein something:
(被)刺穿,(被)戳破She had used ascrewdriverto puncture twoholesin thelidof apainttin.她用螺丝刀在颜料罐的盖子上戳了两个洞。
Theknifewent through hisribsand punctured hislung.刀子穿过他的肋骨刺穿了他的肺。
[T]
tosuddenlymake someone lessconfidentorpositive:
使突然泄气;挫伤(锐气)Mypositivemoodwasratherpunctured by thenews.这个消息使我的好心情大大受挫。
Making holes in things
- bore
- borer
- breach
- dent
- drill
- gouge
- hole
- perforate
- perforated
- pierce
- piercing
- prick
- probe
- punch
- rebore
- redrill
- riddle
- undrilled
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