Piercing

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pierce

(a.) Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust.

校对:维多利亚

• As my sword went up to end her horrid career her paralysis left her, and with an ear-piercing shriek she turned to flee. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The old woman's face was wrinkled; her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip; and her eyes were bright and piercing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• She never abated the piercing quality of her shrieks, never stumbled in the distinctness or the order of her words. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• It flew true as an arrow and piercing the poor devil's heart laid him dead upon the arena. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• One piercing scream escaped her lips as the brute hand clutched her arm. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• With piercing eagerness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Little Dorrit, with a piercing cry, held her back. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Those who ascended to the immediate neighbourhood of the Barrow perceived that the erect form in the centre, piercing the sky, was not really alone. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The weather being dark, and piercing cold, he had no great temptation to loiter. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The air become more sharp and piercing, as its first dull hue--the death of night, rather than the birth of day--glimmered faintly in the sky. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• By opening these gates, and by piercing a few dykes, the ocean might be made to fight for them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• On every point of general literature he displays unbounded knowledge, and a quick and piercing apprehension. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• But the wind was in the east; the weather was piercing cold, as it had been for weeks; there would be no demand for light summer goods this year. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• At all events with its feathers and its piercing point the arrow became the most deadly of all missiles, and continued to be until long after the invention of firearms. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• His piercing shriek as consciousness returned to him came faintly up to us from the black depths beneath. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.

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