impale
impale — 動詞
- impalepresent simple I / you / we / they
- impaleshe / she / it
- impaledpast simple
- impaling-ing form
1. to push a long, sharp object completely through a body so that it sticks out the
刺穿
用尖物刺穿人體或物體
to push a long, sharp object completely through a body so that it sticks out the other side and holds the victim in place
Park rangers found the deer impaled on a metal fence post near the highway.
公園管理員在公路旁發現一頭鹿被金屬柵欄柱刺穿了。
passive: be impaled + on + sharp object
Mert impaled a piece of bread on his fork and dipped it into the soup.
Mert 把一片麵包插在叉尖上，然後蘸進湯裡。
active transitive: impale + object + on + tool
During the hike, Takeshi slipped and impaled his arm on a sharp branch.
Takeshi 在健行時滑倒，手臂被一根尖銳的樹枝刺穿了。
The farmer was impaled on his own pitchfork when he fell from the hayloft.
農夫從乾草棚摔下來，被自己的乾草叉刺穿了。
Scientists dug up a human skeleton with ribs impaled by old bronze spears.
科學家挖出一具人類肋骨被古代青銅矛刺穿的骨骸。
- pierce
more general; any sharp object entering a surface, not necessarily going through to the other side
- skewer
more specific to cooking or thin rods going through food; lighter in register
- spear
specifically with a spear or similar hunting weapon
- stab
usually a quick forceful thrust, often with a knife, and often into but not through the body
文法句型
impale + object + on/upon + sharp object
be impaled + on/upon + sharp object
impale + object + through + body part
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive when the focus is on the person or animal that receives the injury. The active form is common when the subject is the sharp object itself (e.g. 'The branch impaled his leg') or when the action is intentional and the object is not a living body (e.g. 'impale a piece of meat on a skewer').