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- a small hole in a tyre resulting in an escape of air（轮胎的）刺孔：
she was on her way home when she had a puncture.
她回家的路上轮胎给戳了个洞。
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- a small hole in something such as the skin, caused by a sharp object刺痕：
as modifier a puncture wound.刺伤。
with obj.
1- make such a hole in (something)穿孔于; 刺穿, 刺破：
one of the knife blows had punctured a lung.
连刺数刀, 其中一刀刺伤了肺脏。
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- no obj. sustain such a small hole被刺穿, 被刺破：
the tyre had punctured and it would have to be replaced.
轮胎已戳破, 只好换掉。
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- figurative bring about a dramatic reversal in (mood or behaviour) resembling a sudden deflation or collapse〈喻〉使（情绪, 行为）低落, 使泄气：
the earlier mood of optimism was punctured.
起初的乐观情绪已荡然无存。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin punctura, from punct- 'pricked', from the verb pungere. The verb dates from the late 17th cent.