lance

1. V-T If a boil on someone's body is lanced, a small cut is made in it so that the liquid inside comes out. 切開 (放膿)[毉學] [usu passive]

It is a painful experience having the boil lanced. 將癤子切開是個痛苦的經歷。

2. N-COUNT A lance is a long spear used in former times by soldiers on horseback. 長矛

...the clang of lances striking armour. …長矛撞擊盔甲的鏗鏘聲。