Definition of impale in English:

impale

verb ɪmˈpeɪlɪmˈpeɪl

[with object]

1Transfix 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- Why is it when someone in a horror film is impaled on something sharp, like a fence post, they always feel the need to look up momentarily, catching one final glance at the object that has killed them?
- Bow hunters have fallen on their bow or arrows, impaling themselves, and other hunters have fallen on their firearm or dropped it, resulting in an accidental shooting when the gun discharged.
- Looking out from its burrow as the selected fish swims past, its claws lunge forward and, striking in as little as 3 milliseconds, trap the prey by impaling it.
- So the government is impaled on the horns of a dilemma.
- She quickly punched the first one and jumped to the side as one tried to impale her with a spear.
- The tough waxy leaf cuticle may be problematic for impaling the epidermal cells of some plants, but this difficulty can be overcome by optimizing the shape of the electrode tip.
- Prey is not chewed or ground in the mouth: once it is impaled on the sharp teeth, it is swallowed whole.
- I'm going to be impaled on a million poisonous needles and die a slow, agonizing death.
- Although imbibing nothing stronger than orange juice, he later tripped and was almost impaled on a halberd.
- I took the apple from my coat pocket and impaled it on a dead branch.
- Perhaps it's all for the best that I be impaled on his hood ornament.
- Stick your head through and hey presto, it looks to have been impaled on a pikestaff above York's royal gateway.
- It was then that I caught sight of a series of strange metal bars impaled within the side of the walls near the entrance of the corridor.
- A pensioner who survived being impaled on a metal fence-post was ‘critical but stable’ in hospital yesterday.
- You plummet to the bottom screaming and are impaled on the spikes.
- To stop transects from moving they were lightly impaled on a thin spike attached to the bottom of the dish.
- A Yorkshire schoolboy cheated death after he was impaled on an iron spike that went straight through his throat.
- The chicken was impaled on a stick which was secured upright in the ground and the can was placed over it.
- At one end of the grotto, an elf is impaled on a spike.
- Aside from the spuds that were impaled on my spade after almost every thrust into the earth, these are on the menu for tonight along with roast butternut squash.
Synonyms
stick, skewer, spear, spike, pin, transfix
pierce, stab, run through, bayonet, harpoon, lance
gore, disembowel
puncture, perforate
rare transpierce
2Heraldry
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
the impaled arms of her husband and her father
合绘的她丈夫和父亲的盾形纹章。
1. 2.1 (of a coat of arms) adjoin (another coat of arms) on the same shield.
  （一盾徽）与（另一盾徽）按上述方式合绘
  the arms of the order are impaling those of the sovereign
  Example sentencesExamples
  In heraldic language, the arms of the two families are joined after a marriage, as demonstrated by the arms of Cadwalader on the left impaling those of the Lloyd family of Maryland on the right.
  In 1599 he applied to impale his arms with those of his wife's family.
  What is equally clear, however, is that the arms as engraved are not impaling his wife's, nor do they include his baronial coronet or the Garter badge, both of which he had been entitled to since 1572.

Derivatives

impalement

noun ɪmˈpeɪlm(ə)ntɪmˈpeɪlmənt

A more satisfactory ending for the character might have been impalement from giant stalactite.
Example sentencesExamples
- But if you do not return in seven days, then your lord will be sentenced to impalement.
- Death by impalement involved piercing the victim with one end of a sharp stake, planting the other end in the ground, and leaving the person, at gravity's mercy, to sink further down into the spear.
- With a rather spectacular thud, the large man went sprawling, narrowly missing a rather bloody impalement on his own sword.
- But at least she could remember now; she slipped on the smoother rock, but hadn't caught herself in enough time to keep from impalement.

impaler

noun

Vlad Tepez, the real Dracula and true impaler, could not have done a finer job.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense 'enclose with stakes or pales'): from French empaler or medieval Latin impalare, from Latin in- 'in' + palus 'a stake'.

pale from Middle English:
The word for a ‘stake’ is from Old French pal, from Latin palus ‘stake’, which ultimately goes back to the same root found in page and pageant as well as paling (Late Middle English). The Pale was a name given to the part of Ireland under English jurisdiction before the 16th century. The earliest reference to the Pale in Ireland, from the modestly titled Introduction to Knowledge of 1547, stated that Ireland was divided into two parts, one being the English Pale and the other being ‘the wild Irish’. Many people believe that this enclosed English part of Ireland was the source of the expression beyond the pale but this is extremely unlikely, as the phrase is not recorded until the 18th century, and its origin remains something of a mystery. The Latin also gives us palisade (early 17th century), and impale (mid 16th century) first found in the sense ‘surround with a pale, fortify’, with ‘thrust a stake though’ recorded from the late 17th century. The adjective meaning ‘light’ comes via Old French pale from Latin pallidus, with the same meaning, and also the source of pallor (Late Middle English) and pallid (late 16th century), and has been in the language since the Middle Ages.

Rhymes

ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale

Definition of impale in US English:

impale

verbimˈpālɪmˈpeɪl

[with object]

1Pierce or transfix 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- Aside from the spuds that were impaled on my spade after almost every thrust into the earth, these are on the menu for tonight along with roast butternut squash.
- The chicken was impaled on a stick which was secured upright in the ground and the can was placed over it.
- A pensioner who survived being impaled on a metal fence-post was ‘critical but stable’ in hospital yesterday.
- So the government is impaled on the horns of a dilemma.
- Perhaps it's all for the best that I be impaled on his hood ornament.
- Although imbibing nothing stronger than orange juice, he later tripped and was almost impaled on a halberd.
- She quickly punched the first one and jumped to the side as one tried to impale her with a spear.
- You plummet to the bottom screaming and are impaled on the spikes.
- I'm going to be impaled on a million poisonous needles and die a slow, agonizing death.
- Looking out from its burrow as the selected fish swims past, its claws lunge forward and, striking in as little as 3 milliseconds, trap the prey by impaling it.
- It was then that I caught sight of a series of strange metal bars impaled within the side of the walls near the entrance of the corridor.
- Stick your head through and hey presto, it looks to have been impaled on a pikestaff above York's royal gateway.
- A Yorkshire schoolboy cheated death after he was impaled on an iron spike that went straight through his throat.
- Why is it when someone in a horror film is impaled on something sharp, like a fence post, they always feel the need to look up momentarily, catching one final glance at the object that has killed them?
- The tough waxy leaf cuticle may be problematic for impaling the epidermal cells of some plants, but this difficulty can be overcome by optimizing the shape of the electrode tip.
- Prey is not chewed or ground in the mouth: once it is impaled on the sharp teeth, it is swallowed whole.
- I took the apple from my coat pocket and impaled it on a dead branch.
- Bow hunters have fallen on their bow or arrows, impaling themselves, and other hunters have fallen on their firearm or dropped it, resulting in an accidental shooting when the gun discharged.
- At one end of the grotto, an elf is impaled on a spike.
- To stop transects from moving they were lightly impaled on a thin spike attached to the bottom of the dish.
Synonyms
stick, skewer, spear, spike, pin, transfix
2Heraldry
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
the impaled arms of her husband and her father
合绘的她丈夫和父亲的盾形纹章。
1. 2.1 (of a coat of arms) adjoin (another coat of arms) on the same shield.
  （一盾徽）与（另一盾徽）按上述方式合绘
  the arms of the order are impaling those of the sovereign
  Example sentencesExamples
  In heraldic language, the arms of the two families are joined after a marriage, as demonstrated by the arms of Cadwalader on the left impaling those of the Lloyd family of Maryland on the right.
  What is equally clear, however, is that the arms as engraved are not impaling his wife's, nor do they include his baronial coronet or the Garter badge, both of which he had been entitled to since 1572.
  In 1599 he applied to impale his arms with those of his wife's family.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘enclose with stakes or pales’): from French empaler or medieval Latin impalare, from Latin in- ‘in’ + palus ‘a stake’.

词汇	impale
释义	Definition of impale in English: impale verb ɪmˈpeɪlɪmˈpeɪl [with object] 1Transfix 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。 Example sentencesExamples Why is it when someone in a horror film is impaled on something sharp, like a fence post, they always feel the need to look up momentarily, catching one final glance at the object that has killed them? Bow hunters have fallen on their bow or arrows, impaling themselves, and other hunters have fallen on their firearm or dropped it, resulting in an accidental shooting when the gun discharged. Looking out from its burrow as the selected fish swims past, its claws lunge forward and, striking in as little as 3 milliseconds, trap the prey by impaling it. So the government is impaled on the horns of a dilemma. She quickly punched the first one and jumped to the side as one tried to impale her with a spear. The tough waxy leaf cuticle may be problematic for impaling the epidermal cells of some plants, but this difficulty can be overcome by optimizing the shape of the electrode tip. Prey is not chewed or ground in the mouth: once it is impaled on the sharp teeth, it is swallowed whole. I'm going to be impaled on a million poisonous needles and die a slow, agonizing death. Although imbibing nothing stronger than orange juice, he later tripped and was almost impaled on a halberd. I took the apple from my coat pocket and impaled it on a dead branch. Perhaps it's all for the best that I be impaled on his hood ornament. Stick your head through and hey presto, it looks to have been impaled on a pikestaff above York's royal gateway. It was then that I caught sight of a series of strange metal bars impaled within the side of the walls near the entrance of the corridor. A pensioner who survived being impaled on a metal fence-post was ‘critical but stable’ in hospital yesterday. You plummet to the bottom screaming and are impaled on the spikes. To stop transects from moving they were lightly impaled on a thin spike attached to the bottom of the dish. A Yorkshire schoolboy cheated death after he was impaled on an iron spike that went straight through his throat. The chicken was impaled on a stick which was secured upright in the ground and the can was placed over it. At one end of the grotto, an elf is impaled on a spike. Aside from the spuds that were impaled on my spade after almost every thrust into the earth, these are on the menu for tonight along with roast butternut squash. Synonyms stick, skewer, spear, spike, pin, transfix pierce, stab, run through, bayonet, harpoon, lance gore, disembowel puncture, perforate rare transpierce 2Heraldry 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 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) on the same shield. （一盾徽）与（另一盾徽）按上述方式合绘 the arms of the order are impaling those of the sovereign Example sentencesExamples In heraldic language, the arms of the two families are joined after a marriage, as demonstrated by the arms of Cadwalader on the left impaling those of the Lloyd family of Maryland on the right. In 1599 he applied to impale his arms with those of his wife's family. What is equally clear, however, is that the arms as engraved are not impaling his wife's, nor do they include his baronial coronet or the Garter badge, both of which he had been entitled to since 1572. Derivatives impalement noun ɪmˈpeɪlm(ə)ntɪmˈpeɪlmənt A more satisfactory ending for the character might have been impalement from giant stalactite. Example sentencesExamples But if you do not return in seven days, then your lord will be sentenced to impalement. Death by impalement involved piercing the victim with one end of a sharp stake, planting the other end in the ground, and leaving the person, at gravity's mercy, to sink further down into the spear. With a rather spectacular thud, the large man went sprawling, narrowly missing a rather bloody impalement on his own sword. But at least she could remember now; she slipped on the smoother rock, but hadn't caught herself in enough time to keep from impalement. impaler noun Vlad Tepez, the real Dracula and true impaler, could not have done a finer job. Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense 'enclose with stakes or pales'): from French empaler or medieval Latin impalare, from Latin in- 'in' + palus 'a stake'. pale from Middle English: The word for a ‘stake’ is from Old French pal, from Latin palus ‘stake’, which ultimately goes back to the same root found in page and pageant as well as paling (Late Middle English). The Pale was a name given to the part of Ireland under English jurisdiction before the 16th century. The earliest reference to the Pale in Ireland, from the modestly titled Introduction to Knowledge of 1547, stated that Ireland was divided into two parts, one being the English Pale and the other being ‘the wild Irish’. Many people believe that this enclosed English part of Ireland was the source of the expression beyond the pale but this is extremely unlikely, as the phrase is not recorded until the 18th century, and its origin remains something of a mystery. The Latin also gives us palisade (early 17th century), and impale (mid 16th century) first found in the sense ‘surround with a pale, fortify’, with ‘thrust a stake though’ recorded from the late 17th century. The adjective meaning ‘light’ comes via Old French pale from Latin pallidus, with the same meaning, and also the source of pallor (Late Middle English) and pallid (late 16th century), and has been in the language since the Middle Ages. Rhymes ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale Definition of impale in US English: impale verbimˈpālɪmˈpeɪl [with object] 1Pierce or transfix 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。 Example sentencesExamples Aside from the spuds that were impaled on my spade after almost every thrust into the earth, these are on the menu for tonight along with roast butternut squash. The chicken was impaled on a stick which was secured upright in the ground and the can was placed over it. A pensioner who survived being impaled on a metal fence-post was ‘critical but stable’ in hospital yesterday. So the government is impaled on the horns of a dilemma. Perhaps it's all for the best that I be impaled on his hood ornament. Although imbibing nothing stronger than orange juice, he later tripped and was almost impaled on a halberd. She quickly punched the first one and jumped to the side as one tried to impale her with a spear. You plummet to the bottom screaming and are impaled on the spikes. I'm going to be impaled on a million poisonous needles and die a slow, agonizing death. Looking out from its burrow as the selected fish swims past, its claws lunge forward and, striking in as little as 3 milliseconds, trap the prey by impaling it. It was then that I caught sight of a series of strange metal bars impaled within the side of the walls near the entrance of the corridor. Stick your head through and hey presto, it looks to have been impaled on a pikestaff above York's royal gateway. A Yorkshire schoolboy cheated death after he was impaled on an iron spike that went straight through his throat. Why is it when someone in a horror film is impaled on something sharp, like a fence post, they always feel the need to look up momentarily, catching one final glance at the object that has killed them? The tough waxy leaf cuticle may be problematic for impaling the epidermal cells of some plants, but this difficulty can be overcome by optimizing the shape of the electrode tip. Prey is not chewed or ground in the mouth: once it is impaled on the sharp teeth, it is swallowed whole. I took the apple from my coat pocket and impaled it on a dead branch. Bow hunters have fallen on their bow or arrows, impaling themselves, and other hunters have fallen on their firearm or dropped it, resulting in an accidental shooting when the gun discharged. At one end of the grotto, an elf is impaled on a spike. To stop transects from moving they were lightly impaled on a thin spike attached to the bottom of the dish. Synonyms stick, skewer, spear, spike, pin, transfix 2Heraldry 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 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) on the same shield. （一盾徽）与（另一盾徽）按上述方式合绘 the arms of the order are impaling those of the sovereign Example sentencesExamples In heraldic language, the arms of the two families are joined after a marriage, as demonstrated by the arms of Cadwalader on the left impaling those of the Lloyd family of Maryland on the right. What is equally clear, however, is that the arms as engraved are not impaling his wife's, nor do they include his baronial coronet or the Garter badge, both of which he had been entitled to since 1572. In 1599 he applied to impale his arms with those of his wife's family. Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘enclose with stakes or pales’): from French empaler or medieval Latin impalare, from Latin in- ‘in’ + palus ‘a stake’.
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