puncture
刺穿；戳破·刺孔；輪胎破洞·削弱；戳破幻象
連結刺穿物體與戳破信心
A sharp nail can puncture a tire and let air escape.
尖釘可能刺穿輪胎，讓空氣漏出。
一個畫面：尖物戳破表面
刺穿尖物在表面戳出小洞
刺孔被尖物刺出的洞
信心比喻削弱信心或戳破幻象
義項
刺穿C1verb刺穿；戳破
A sharp nail can puncture a tire and let air escape.
尖釘可能刺穿輪胎，讓空氣漏出。
puncture a tire
刺孔C1noun刺孔；輪胎破洞
He stopped his bike because the back tire had a puncture.
他停下腳踏車，因為後輪有破洞。
a puncture in a tire
削弱C1verb削弱；戳破幻象
Her question began to puncture his confidence in the new plan.
她的問題開始削弱他對新計畫的信心。
puncture confidence
片語
repair a puncture補好破洞 →修補輪胎破洞
puncture a balloon氣球戳破 →戳破氣球
你會不會這樣說？
Tom was proud of his big plan. Then a friend asked one hard question, and it punctured his pride. 「Tom 的自豪感變得更強了。」這個說法是對的嗎？
看答案
不是
此處 puncture 指削弱自豪或自信，所以只會變弱。