Word · Frequency #13811
puncture
小孔；刺孔
A small hole made in something by a sharp object.
- 1.
The act or an instance of puncturing.
刺穿的行为或实例。
- 2.
A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.
由尖锐物体造成的孔、切口或撕裂。
- 3.
A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate.
车辆轮胎上的孔,导致轮胎泄气。
轮胎上的刺孔；（车胎）扎孔；刺穿；刺破；刺穿的行为或实例。；由尖锐物体造成的孔、切口或撕裂。；车辆轮胎上的孔,导致轮胎泄气。
In use
I had to change the tire because of a slow puncture.
The doctor cleaned the puncture and applied a bandage.
A sharp nail caused a puncture in the balloon, and it deflated quickly.
get/have a puncture
I got a puncture on my way to work.
我在上班路上车胎扎了个洞。
a puncture in [sth]
作名词时通常指物体上的小孔，尤其指轮胎上的刺孔。
There was a puncture in the front tyre.
前轮胎上有个刺孔。
repair/fix a puncture
She repaired the puncture with a patch.
Connections
Collocations
- tyre puncture
- 轮胎刺孔；车胎扎破
- I had a tyre puncture on the way to the station.我去车站的路上车胎被扎破了。
- slow puncture
- 慢撒气的刺孔；慢性漏气
- I discovered a slow puncture after driving for an hour.开了一个小时后，我发现轮胎在慢撒气。
- puncture wound
- 刺伤；穿透性伤口
- The nurse cleaned the puncture wound and bandaged it.护士清洗了刺伤并包扎起来。
- suffer a puncture
- 遭遇车胎扎破；轮胎被扎破
- We suffered a puncture on the motorway.我们在高速公路上轮胎被扎破了。
- repair a puncture
- 修补破胎；修补刺孔
- It took him ten minutes to repair the puncture.他花了十分钟修补扎破的轮胎。
- puncture repair kit
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：钉子扎进轮胎，‘噗’一声留下小孔——puncture（刺孔/扎孔）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常谈论车胎被扎漏气、医学或技术性描述刺伤、穿刺、书面叙述某物被尖锐物体刺穿 该义项为中性词，日常会话和书面表达中均可使用。通常最常出现在车胎漏气的日常场景，也用于医学或技术性描述。一般没有明显的正式或口语倾向，但可根据具体语境自然选用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Puncture rhymes with juncture /ˈdʒʌŋktʃə/. Acupuncture ends with the same /pʌŋktʃə/ sound but is unstressed. Words like structure /ˈstrʌktʃə/, fracture /ˈfræktʃə/, picture /ˈpɪktʃə/, and culture /ˈkʌltʃə/ are lookalikes with -ture; they do not rhyme with puncture (note the extra /ŋ/ and different vowels).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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