英语词汇“torture”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

torturetorture1 /ˈtɔrtʃɚ/ ●○○ noun

ETYMOLOGYtorture¹

Origin: 1500-1600 French Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus twisted

1[uncountable] the act of deliberately hurting someone in order to force him or her to give you information, to punish him or her, or to be cruel: victims of torture The militias are accused of using torture.2[countable, uncountable] severe physical or mental suffering: High school gym class was always torture for me. [Origin: 1500–1600 French, Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus twisted]

noun | verb

torturetorture2 ●○○ verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

torture

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	torture
	he, she, it	tortures
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	tortured
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have tortured
	he, she, it	has tortured
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had tortured
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will torture
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have tortured

Continuous Form
Present	I	am torturing
	he, she, it	is torturing
	you, we, they	are torturing
Past	I, he, she, it	was torturing
	you, we, they	were torturing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been torturing
	he, she, it	has been torturing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been torturing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be torturing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been torturing

1to deliberately hurt someone to force him or her to give you information, to punish him or her, or to be cruel: Most of the prisoners had been tortured.2if a feeling or knowledge tortures you, it makes you suffer mentally: Memories of the attack still tortured her.—torturer noun [countable]