那件武器本身
核心畫面的原型。長桿、尖頭、騎馬的人。
noun · B2
A long thin weapon with a sharp metal head, held under the arm by a soldier riding a horse and used to strike an enemy while riding at him.
長矛；騎槍
核心畫面
You can hold one picture for the whole word: a long straight shaft with a sharp point at the far end, driven forward into something. The force is not in the hand but in the movement behind it, the way a rider's horse carries the point into a target. Change the size of that picture and you get the rest of the word: shrink it to a small blade opening a boil, and keep only the movement to get something shooting forward in a straight line.
整個字可以想成同一張圖：一根筆直的長桿，末端有個尖，被往前送進東西裡。力量不在手上，而在後面推進的動作，就像騎士靠馬…更多收起
整個字可以想成同一張圖：一根筆直的長桿，末端有個尖，被往前送進東西裡。力量不在手上，而在後面推進的動作，就像騎士靠馬速把矛尖帶進目標。把這張圖縮小，就是醫生用小刀劃開膿包的那一下。只留下「往前射出」的部分，就是東西筆直又快速衝過去的那個意思。From the word’s history
The evidence packet gives lance as coming from Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea, which named the weapon itself. So the weapon sense is the oldest recorded one, and the other uses in this map are described here as teaching links, not as claims about how each one developed.
供給的資料寫明：lance 來自中古英語 launce，再往前是古法文 lance，源頭是拉丁文 lancea，本來就是指這種長矛。所以「武器」這一層是有記載的最早用法。地圖上其他幾層，是為了幫助理解而做的連結，不是在主張它們的歷史演變過程。
Wiktionary entry supplied in the evidence packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:587477288:41662)
Three branches
尖的東西刺進去
把名詞拿來當動作用：做那根矛本來在做的事。同一個動作放大是打仗，縮小就是醫療處置。
verb · C1
To drive a lance, spear or other long pointed weapon into someone or something.
用矛刺入
像矛一樣射出去
這一層只留下動作的樣子，不留武器：又快、又直、一瞬間就過去。
verb · C1
To move suddenly and very fast in a straight line, the way a thrown spear travels.
疾射而出；猛地穿過