pierce
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UK pierce [sth] vtr: (make: a hole in [sth])
SC 在…上打洞
SC 在…上打孔
The drill pierced the wall.
电钻在墙上打了孔。
pierce [sb]'s ears vtr: (make holes in: earlobes)
SC 给某人打耳洞，给某人的耳朵打洞
My mother pierced my ears when I was thirteen.
我十三岁时，我妈就给我打了耳洞
pierce [sth] vtr: (break through, penetrate)
SC 刺入 cì rù
SC 刺透 cì rù，cì tòu
SC 穿透 cì rù，chuān tòu
The squadron pierced the enemy's defences. The sun pierced the clouds.
小队穿透了敌人的防御线。阳光穿透了层云。
pierce vi: (penetrate) (寒风)
SC 刺骨 cì gǔ
SC 侵透
SC 穿透 cì gǔ ，chuān tòu
It was a cold wind of the kind that pierces.
pierce [sth] vtr: figurative (understand)
SC 识破
TC 識破
TC 識破
SC 看透
Poirot succeeded in piercing the mystery.
pierce [sth] vtr: (stab, puncture)
SC 刺破 cì pò
SC 刺穿 cì pò，cì chuān
The spear pierced Henry's arm.
pierce [sth] vtr: figurative (sound: travel) (尖叫声等)
SC 穿破，穿透，穿过 chuān pò，chuān tòu，chuān guò
A cry pierced the night.
pierce [sth] vtr: (light: penetrate darkness) (光)
SC 穿透，穿破 chuān tòu，chuān pò
A dim light pierced the darkness in the room.
pierce [sth] vtr: (affect bodily) (寒风等)
SC 刺透，刺穿 cì tòu，cì chuān
The cold pierced Malcolm to his very bones.
pierce [sth] vtr: figurative (affect emotionally) (比喻，感情上)
SC 刺透，穿透，痛彻（心扉） cì tòu，chuān tòu
Tom's unkind words pierced his father's heart.
pierce through [sth] vi + prep: (penetrate, make a hole in)
SC 穿透 chuān tòu
SC 突破 chuān tòu，tū pò
TC 突破
TC 突破