empale

• “impale”的过时拼写变体，意为用尖锐的物体或木桩刺穿、穿透，或把人钉在尖桩上。

An obsolete variant spelling of 'impale', meaning to pierce with a sharp object or stake.

1. Pierce with a sharp objectC2formal

   To thrust a sharp stake or pointed object through something, often as a form of torture or execution.

   刺穿

   • The warrior was empaled on the enemy's spear.
   • Historical accounts describe how prisoners were empaled as punishment.
   • The sharp branch empaled the fallen hiker's leg.

   同义词impalepiercerun throughskewerspearspikestabtransfix