impale
/ɪmˈpeɪl/verb
with obj.
1
- transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument刺穿, 戳破：
his head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see.
他的脑袋被戳在长矛上示众。
2
- Heraldry display (a coat of arms) side by side with another on the same shield, separated by a vertical line【纹章】合绘（纹章）于同一个盾的垂直线两旁：
as adj. impaled the impaled arms of her husband and her father.合绘的她丈夫和父亲的盾形纹章。
2.1
- (of a coat of arms) adjoin (another coat of arms) in this way（一盾徽）与（另一盾徽）按上述方式合绘。
派生词
impalement
nounimpaler
noun词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'enclose with stakes or pales'）： from French empaler or medieval Latin impalare, from Latin in- 'in' + palus 'a stake'.