spear
US: /ˈspɪɹ/
UK: /spˈiə/
UK: /spˈiə/
English Vietnamese dictionary
spear /spiə/
- danh từ
- cái giáo, cái mác, cái thương
- cái xiên (đâm cá)
- (thơ ca) (như) spearman
- ngoại động từ
- đâm (bằng giáo)
- xiên (cá)
- nội động từ
- đâm phập vào (như một ngọn giáo)
- mọc thẳng vút lên
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a weapon with a long wooden handle and a sharp metal point used for fighting, hunting and fishing in the past
2 the long pointed stem of some plants
+ verb [VN] to push or throw a spear or other pointed object through sth/sb: They were standing in the river spearing fish. + She speared an olive with her fork.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
hunting
VERB + SPEAR
be armed with, carry
The tribesmen were armed with spears and shields.
| lift, raise | brandish | hurl, throw | thrust
PHRASES
the point of a spear
She had a fish impaled on the point of her spear.
Concise English dictionary
spears|speared|spearingspɪr /spɪə
noun
+a long pointed rod used as a weapon
+an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
verb
+pierce with a spear
+thrust up like a spear
