| 单词 | tear |
| 释义 | tear 1. v. & n. --v (past tore; past part. torn) 1. tr. (often foll. by up) pull apart or to pieces with some force (tear it in half; tore up the letter). 2. tr. a make a hole or rent in by tearing (have torn my coat). b make (a hole or rent). 3. tr. (foll. by away, off, etc.) pull violently or with some force (tore the book away from me; tore off the cover; tore a page out; tore down the notice). 4. tr. violently disrupt or divide (the country was torn by civil war; torn by conflicting emotions). 5. intr. colloq. go or travel hurriedly or impetuously (tore across the road). 6. intr. undergo tearing (the curtain tore down the middle). 7. intr. (foll. by at etc.) pull violently or with some force. --n 1. a hole or other damage caused by tearing. 2. a torn part of cloth etc. Phrases and idioms be torn between have difficulty in choosing between. tear apart 1. search (a place) exhaustively. 2. criticize forcefully. tear one's hair out behave with extreme desperation or anger. tear into 1. attack verbally; reprimand. 2. make a vigorous start on (an activity). tear oneself away leave despite a strong desire to stay. tear sheet a page that can be removed from a newspaper or magazine etc. for use separately. tear to shreds colloq. refute or criticize thoroughly. that's torn it Brit. colloq. that has spoiled things, caused a problem, etc. Derivatives tearable adj. tearer n. Etymology: OE teran f. Gmc 2. n. 1. a drop of clear salty liquid secreted by glands, that serves to moisten and wash the eye and is shed from it in grief or other strong emotions. 2. a tearlike thing; a drop. Phrases and idioms in tears crying; shedding tears. tear-drop a single tear. tear-duct a drain for carrying tears to the eye or from the eye to the nose. tear-gas gas that disables by causing severe irritation to the eyes. tear-jerker colloq. a story, film, etc., calculated to evoke sadness or sympathy. without tears presented so as to be learned or done easily. Derivatives tearlike adj. Etymology: OE tear |
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