Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense lances, present participle lancing, past tense, past participle lanced
1VERB [usually passive]切开,割开(疖等) If a boil on someone's body is lanced, a small cut is made in it so that the liquid inside comes out. 切开,割开(疖等) [medicine] [Also beVERB-ed]
It is a painful experience having the boil lanced. [have noun VERB-ed]
把疖子切开是很痛的。
2N-COUNT (旧时骑兵用的)长矛 A lance is a long spear used in former times by soldiers on horseback. (旧时骑兵用的)长矛