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

单词	torture
释义	tor·ture I. \ˈtȯrchər, -ȯ(ə)chə(r\ noun (-s) Etymology: French, from Late Latin tortura act of twisting, torture, from Latin tortus (past participle of torquēre to twist, wind, torture) + -ura -ure; akin to Old High German drāhsil turner, Greek atraktos spindle, Sanskrit tarku 1. a. : the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, wounding) to punish or coerce someone : torment or agony induced to penalize religious or political dissent or nonconformity, to extort a confession or a money contribution, or to give sadistic pleasure to the torturer < no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment — U.N. Declaration of Human Rights > b. obsolete : an implement of torture 2. a. : anguish of body or mind : excruciating agony : extremity of suffering < long torture with Parkinson's disease — John Mason Brown > < she shrank in her convulsed, coiled torture from the thought of such a thing — D.H.Lawrence > b. : an extreme annoyance or severe irritation : an intense strain : something pernicious or baneful : plague < plays … would be torn line from line for the torture of high school boys and girls — J.D.Adams > < many of their sidehill and downhill lies would have been torture to a golfer with 20-20 vision — Tom Siler > 3. : distortion, overrefinement, or perversion of a meaning, an argument, or a line of thought or reasoning : straining < no torture in interpretation would be required — E.W.Knight > 4. : the subjecting of material or equipment to extreme strain or abuse as a test of strength, endurance, or quality < cars are put through thousands of miles of torture — Visit to the Proving Grounds > II. verb (tortured ; tortured ; torturing \-ch(ə)riŋ\ ; tortures) *transitive verb* 1. a. : to put to torture : punish or coerce by inflicting excruciating pain < tortured my sister for three months … disfigured her face and broke her hands and legs — Ben Hecht > b. : to extract or obtain by torture < tortured a confession from the prisoner > 2. : to cause intense suffering to : inflict anguish on : subject to severe pain : torment < set himself to torture me as a schoolboy would devote a rapturous half hour to watching the agonies of an impaled beetle — Rudyard Kipling > 3. : to twist or wrench out of shape : distort, warp < made it an easy matter to torture wooden boards into uncouth shapes — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < language … strained and tortured — R.L.Cook > < unable to torture her religious experience into the Calvinistic system — C.A.Dinsmore > *intransitive verb* : to cause excruciating pain or anguish Synonyms: see afflict
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