释义
v.
transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument
刺穿，戳破
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his head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see .他的脑袋被戳在长矛上示众。
【纹章】 合绘（纹章）于同一个盾的垂直线两旁
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[as adj.
impaled ]the impaled arms of her husband and her father .合绘的她丈夫和父亲的盾形纹章。
(of a coat of arms)adjoin (another coat of arms) in this way
（一盾徽）与（另一盾徽）按上述方式合绘。
词源
"mid 16th cent． （in the sense ‘enclose with stakes or pales’）： from French