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A puncture is a small hole made by something sharp and pointed, like a nail or a pin. The most common way you'll hear it is about tires - if you run over something sharp and air leaks out, that's a puncture (American English often just says 'a flat tire'). Doctors also use it as a verb for making a small hole in the skin on purpose, like taking a blood sample. As a verb, to puncture something can also mean to ruin someone's confidence or a happy mood, the way a needle bursts a balloon.
（輪胎）刺破、爆胎；（醫療）穿刺
組成From a Latin word meaning 'to prick' or 'point' - the same root as 'punctuation', those small marks.
同家族的字
- punctuationsame root, meaning 'to prick/point' - the small marks like a period, once thought of as little points
- acupuncturesame root - a medical practice of pricking the skin with fine needles
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
puncturenoun/ˈpʌŋktʃə/
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The act or an instance of puncturing.
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A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.
- There were two small punctures in his arm where the snake's fangs had pierced the skin.
- The lion may perish by the puncture of an asp.
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A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate.
- On the way back we got a puncture, and we were stuck at the roadside for three hours until help arrived.
- Dieter's car had suffered a puncture on the RN3 road between Paris and Meaux. A bent nail was stuck in the tire.
punctureverb/ˈpʌŋktʃə/
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To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole.
- The needle punctured the balloon instantly.
- The couple all bloody / Tongues punctured by each other's teeth / Died and didn't let go
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To destroy the vitality or strength of.
- The woebegone children have their aspirations slowly snuffed. Grace’s artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert’s pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。