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LANCE
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Traducere în limba română
lance I. substantiv
1. (mil.) lance; suliţă;
(fam.) to break a lance with smb. a se lupta cu cineva, a contraziee pe cineva.
2. harpon.
3. lăncier;
(fig.) free lance om independent; partid etc. independent.
4. (înv.) balanţă, cumpănă.
5. v. lancet (1).
lance II. verb tranzitiv
1. a da o lovitură de lance (cu dat.), a străpunge cu lancea.
2. (med.) a deschide (un abces etc.) cu bisturiul; a străpunge, a face incizia (unui abces).
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
“And you, my Lord of Pommers,” said Sir Nigel, pushing his way to the front, “it is in my mind that we might break a lance in gentle and honorable debate over the question.”
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Fair and sweet I would fain be for your dear sake, my lord, but old I am and ugly, and the knights would laugh should you lay lance in rest in such a cause.”
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)