Spear

(noun.) a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon.

(noun.) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.

(verb.) pierce with a spear; 'spear fish'.

(verb.) thrust up like a spear; 'The branch speared up into the air'.

校对:瓦珥

• Another spear and then another touched him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The feverish young inn-keeper and ex-engineer started like Satan at the touch of Ithuriel's spear. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• They fight with bows and arrows and a short spear: they go into battle wearing trousers and having caps on their heads. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As he makes a lunge towards one horseman, another runs a spear into him. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• One Norwegian long defended it by his single arm, and was at length pierced with a spear thrust through the planks of the bridge from a boat beneath. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• So fine were the lines of her lips that, though full, each corner of her mouth was as clearly cut as the point of a spear. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I wonder, now, who that spear was intended for. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The hunters carry big shields and spears, and stand in rows one behind the other. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Weapons hung against the walls--long spears, strangely shaped knives, a couple of narrow shields. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Bows, spears, and swords were its only weapons. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• So his captains had run him through with their spears and left him. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And also he strengthened his phalanx by giving the rear men longer spears than had been used hitherto, and so deepening its mass. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Their soldiers carried long spears and shields, and fought in close formation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Man had begun to make spears for use in a pinch, but would you like to tackle a husky bear or a well-horned stag with only a spear for a weapon? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A French lancer had speared the young ensign in the leg, who fell, still bravely holding to his flag. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It was Captain Osborne that cut down the French lancer who had speared the ensign. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

整理:泰勒