puncture
pronunciation
UK [ˈpʌŋktʃə(r)]
US [ˈpʌŋktʃər]
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- vt.
- 刺，戳
- 贬低，削弱
- 揭穿
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- vi.
- （指轮胎等）被刺穿
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- n.
- 刺痕
- （车胎等的）刺孔
Word Origin
puncture 小孔，小洞
来自拉丁语punctum,点，刺点，来自pungere,刺，击，词源同pungent,point.引申词义小孔，小洞。
Example
- 1. The needles painlessly puncture the skin , but do not go through it .
- 针头会毫无痛觉地刺进皮肤，但不会刺穿。
- 2. The last thing general motors ( gm ) needs is another puncture .
- 通用公司最害怕的就是遭受另一轮的削弱。
- 3. Even a small puncture to the shell , which a pointed tooth would be well able to deliver , would let the water in and cause that control to vanish .
- 即使对其外壳一个小的穿刺，就会让水进到里面，导致浮控遭到破坏，而尖锐的牙齿很容易做到这点。
- 4. Worries that efforts to rein in lending will slow the chinese economy -- or at least puncture bubbles in real estate and stocks -- have shaken chinese stocks .
- 对这些限制贷款的努力会减缓中国经济发展的担忧或至少是对它们戳破不动产和股票泡沫的担忧动摇了中国的股市。
- 5. By putting the dangers of proliferation and nuclear-armed terrorism at the forefront of its concerns , global zero would puncture the public 's post-cold-war complacency over nuclear weapons .
- 通过将核扩散危机与核武装恐怖主义放在担忧的最前列，该组织将戳穿公众后冷战时期对于核武器的自鸣得意。
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