Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - puncture
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Puncture
puncture
~1 n 1 BrE a hole made accidentally in a tyre, so that air comes out of it; flat2 (2) AmE (I'm sorry I'm late; I had a puncture. | to mend a puncture) 2 a small hole made by a sharp point ~2 v 1 to make a small hole through the surface of something, especially in a tyre (A nail on the road punctured one of my tyres. | Puncture some holes in the cover.) 2 if a ball, tyre etc punctures, it gets a small hole in it so that gas or air comes out (The ball punctured on the holly bush.) 3 to suddenly destroy a feeling or belief, making someone feel unhappy, silly, or confused (The shocking news finally punctured his smug complacency.)
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(punctures, puncturing, punctured) 1. A puncture is a small hole in a car tyre or bicycle tyre that has been made by a sharp object. Somebody helped me mend the puncture. ...a tyre that has a slow puncture. N-COUNT 2. A puncture is a small hole in someone’s skin that has been made by or with a sharp object. An instrument called a trocar makes a puncture in the abdominal wall. N-COUNT 3. If a sharp object punctures something, it makes a hole in it. The bullet punctured the skull. VERB: V n 4. If a car tyre or bicycle tyre punctures or if something punctures it, a hole is made in the tyre. The tyre is guaranteed never to puncture or go flat... He punctured a tyre in the last lap. VERB: V, V n 5. If someone’s feelings or beliefs are punctured, their feelings or beliefs are made to seem wrong or foolish, especially when this makes the person feel disappointed or upset. His enthusiasm for fishing had been punctured by the sight of what he might catch. = deflate VERB: be V-ed, also V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin punctura, from punctus, past participle of pungere Date: 14th century 1. an act of puncturing 2. a hole, wound, or perforation made by puncturing 3. a minute depression II. verb (~d; puncturing) Date: 1699 transitive verb 1. to pierce with or as if with a pointed instrument or object 2. to make useless or ineffective as if by a ~ ; deflate intransitive verb to become ~d ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a prick or pricking, esp. the accidental piercing of a pneumatic tyre. 2 a hole made in this way. --v. 1 tr. make a puncture in. 2 intr. undergo puncture. 3 tr. prick or pierce. Etymology: ME f. L punctura f. pungere punct- prick ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) внезапный 2) пробой 3) прокалывать 4) прокол 5) прокол шины puncture pressure cabin — пробивать гермокабину ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. укол, прокол; пункция lumbar (spinal) puncture —- мед. поясничная (люмбальная) пункция 2. прокол (особ. шины) puncture patch —- самоклеющаяся заплатка (на камеру, надувную лодку) 3. эл. пробой (изоляции) shell puncture —- прободение оболочки 4. точечное отверстие 5. редк. укус, ужаление 6. прокалывать; пробивать отверстие to puncture a tyre —- проколоть шину to puncture a tank —- воен. подбить танк 7. получить прокол the tyre punctured —- шина лопнула I'm punctured! Can you help me? —- у меня прокол! Не можете ли вы мне помочь? 8. уколоть 9. татуировать 10. приводить в негодность, портить; разрушать to puncture a scheme —- сорвать план failures punctured his confidence —- неудачи подорвали его веру в себя his ego was punctured by the criticism —- эта критика (сильно) уязвила (задела) его самолюбие 11. мед. делать пункцию ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) укол, прокол; пункция 2) прокол (особ. шины) 3) electr. пробой (изоляции) 2. v. 1) прокалывать; пробивать отверстие 2) получать прокол; the tire punctured a mile from home - шина лопнула в миле от дома ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1392, from L.L. punctura "a pricking," from L. punctus, pp. of pungere "to prick, pierce." The verb is from 1699. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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