| 单词 | rend |
| 释义 | rend (once / 1284 pages) v The verb rend means to tear with force or violence, or into many pieces. Your parents won't be happy if your new kitten decides to rend their brand new curtains with her tiny claws. Tear, rip, and rend are all synonyms, but it's a question of degree. Of the three, rend implies the most violent separation. You can also use rend figuratively to express great emotional distress or to describe a sharp, piercing sound. If you're betrayed by a friend, it rends your heart right out of your chest. WORD FAMILYrend: rended, rending, rends+/rending: rendingly USAGE EXAMPLESPopulists fanning irrational fears risk rending Europe’s economic fabric, Mr. Pan said. Wall Street Journal(Dec 06, 2016) The words are spoken quietly, but they rend the air like a siren. New York Times(Nov 13, 2016) “We were waiting and listening as for a bolt from the sky, which should rend the fetters of four millions of slaves,” Douglass recalled. The New Yorker(Nov 13, 2016) v tear or be torn violently Syn|Hyper pull, rent, rip, rive bust, rupture, snap, tear separate or cause to separate abruptly |
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