The whale dived as the harpoon struck it. 鲸鱼被鱼叉射中後潜入水中.
The harpoon struck but did not embed. 鱼叉击中了但并没有插入
The whale dived as the harpoon struck it. 鲸鱼被鱼叉射中后潜入水中.
harpoon
[ noun ]
a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it
<noun.artifact> [ verb ]
spear with a harpoon
<verb.competition> harpoon whales
Harpoon \Har*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harpooned} (-p[=oo]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harpooning}.] To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
Harpoon \Har*poon"\ (h[aum]r*p[=oo]n"), n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. "a`rph the kite, sickle, and E. harpy. Cf. {Harp}.] A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, flat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.
{Harpoon fork}, a kind of hayfork, consisting of a bar with hinged barbs at one end and a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power.
{Harpoon gun}, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.
Nightly pictures of their battered and bleeding snouts protruding from a breathing hole cut like a harpoon into American hearts.
"I don't use any of my articles to harpoon anyone.
Storms, masts, swinging from the ropes are all there, even at one stage the distinct impression of a harpoon being thrown directly into the audience.
Mr. Michener apparently imagines that they could just pick up a harpoon and start spearing.