| 单词 | rip |
| 释义 | rip 1. v. & n. --vtr. & intr. (ripped, ripping) 1. tr. tear or cut (a thing) quickly or forcibly away or apart (ripped out the lining; ripped the book up). 2. tr. a make (a hole etc.) by ripping. b make a long tear or cut in. 3. intr. come violently apart; split. 4. intr. rush along. --n 1. a long tear or cut. 2. an act of ripping. Phrases and idioms let rip colloq. 1. act or proceed without restraint. 2. speak violently. 3. not check the speed of or interfere with (a person or thing). rip-cord a cord for releasing a parachute from its pack. rip into attack (a person) verbally. rip off colloq. defraud, steal. rip-off n. colloq. 1. a fraud or swindle. 2. financial exploitation. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. 2. n. a stretch of rough water in the sea or in a river, caused by the meeting of currents. Phrases and idioms rip current (or tide) 1. a strong surface current from the shore. 2. a state of conflicting psychological forces. Etymology: 18th c.: perh. rel. to RIP(1) 3. n. 1. a dissolute person. 2. a rascal. 3. a worthless horse. Etymology: perh. f. rep, abbr. of REPROBATE |
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