请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 torturous
释义

torture /törˈchər/

noun
  1. The infliction of severe pain esp as a means of punishment or persuasion
  2. Extreme physical or mental pain
  3. A cause of this
  4. Anguish
transitive verb
  1. To subject to torture
  2. To subject to extreme pain
  3. To exact by torture
  4. To distort violently
ORIGIN: Fr, from L tortūra torment, from torquēre, tortum to twist

torˈtured adjective

  1. Suffering or entailing torture or anguish
  2. Fraught with worries or difficulties, painful (informal)
  3. Violently distorted

torˈturedly adverb

torˈturer noun

torˈturesome adjective

torˈturing noun and adjective

torˈturingly adverb

torˈturous adjective

Causing torture or violent distortion

随便看

 

英语词典包含305067条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/20 20:00:34