tear 英 [teə(r)]   美 [ter ]

tear

tear  英 [teə(r)] 美 [ter ]

n. 眼泪, 撕扯  vt. 流泪; 撕掉, 扯下,  

进行时:tearing  过去式:tore  过去分词:torn  第三人称单数:tears  名词复数:tears 

A tear rolled down his face. 一滴眼泪沿他的面颊流下来。
She left the room in tears . 她哭着离开了房间。

  • When you tear something, you rip it apart. You might tear a hole in your jeans if you catch them on something sharp, or you might tear up that love letter you wrote to your crush.
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  • n. 眼泪, 撕扯
  • vt. 流泪; 撕掉, 扯下,
  • 1. A tear rolled down his face.

    一滴眼泪沿他的面颊流下来。

  • 2. She left the room in tears .

    她哭着离开了房间。

  • 3. He tore the letter in two.

    他把信撕成两半。

  • 4. a torn handkerchief

    撕破的手帕

  • 5. The storm nearly tore the roof off.

    暴风雨差一点儿把屋顶掀掉。

  • 6. He tore his clothes off and dived into the lake.

    他把衣服从身上扯下,一头跳入湖中。

  • 7. She tore herself from his grasp.

    她挣脱了他紧紧抓着她的手。

  • 8. This sheet has a tear in it.

    这条床单上有个破洞。

  • tear (n.1) "fluid drop from the eye," Old English tear "tear, drop, nectar, what is distilled in drops," from earlier teahor, tæhher, from Proto-Germanic *tahr-, *tagr- (source also of Old Norse, Old Frisian tar, Old High German zahar, German Zähre, Gothic tagr "tear"), from PIE *dakru- (source also of Latin lacrima, Old Latin dacrima, Irish der, Welsh deigr, Greek dakryma). To be in tears "weeping" is from 1550s. Tear gas first recorded 1917.
  • tear (n.2) "act of ripping or rending," 1660s, from tear (v.1). Old English had ter (n.) "tearing, laceration, thing torn."
  • tear (v.1) "pull apart," Old English teran "to tear, lacerate" (class IV strong verb; past tense tær, past participle toren), from Proto-Germanic *teran (source also of Old Saxon terian, Middle Dutch teren "to consume," Old High German zeran "to destroy," German zehren, Gothic ga-tairan "to tear, destroy"), from PIE root *der- "to split, flay, peel."
  • tear (v.2) early 15c., "shed tears," 1650s, "fill with tears" mainly in American English, from tear (n.1). Related: Teared; tearing. Old English verb tæherian, tearian "to weep" did not survive into Middle English.
tear 2 / tɪə(r) ; NAmE tɪr / noun [usually plural ] see also tear 1 a drop of liquid that comes out of your eye when you cry 眼泪;泪珠;泪水 A tear rolled down his face. 一滴眼泪沿他的面颊流下来。 She left the room in tears (= crying). 她哭着离开了房间。 He suddenly burst into tears (= began to cry). 他突然放声大哭起来。 As he listened to the music, his eyes filled with tears. 他听着音乐,眼睛里噙着泪水。 Their story will move you to tears (= make you cry). 他们的故事会使你感动得落泪。 They reduced her to tears (= made her cry, especially by being cruel or unkind). 他们弄得她哭起来了。 Ann wiped a tearfrom her eye. 安擦去眼里的泪水。 The memory brought a tear to her eye (= made her cry). 她想起这事便热泪盈眶。 Most of the audience was on the verge of tears. 大多数观众都快流泪了。 I was close to tearsas I told them the news. 我告诉他们这一消息时都快要哭了出来。 Desperately she fought back the tears (= tried not to cry). 她竭力忍住没让眼泪流出来。 to shed tearsof happiness 喜极而泣 tears of pain, joy, etc. 痛苦、喜悦等的泪水 The tears welled upin his eyes. 他热泪盈眶。 teary / tɪəri ; NAmE tɪri / adjective teary eyes 泪眼 a teary smile/goodbye 含泪的微笑;挥泪告别 IDIOMsee blood n. , bored , crocodile , end v. tear tears tore tearing torn tear / tɪə(r) ; NAmE tɪr / teary / tɪəri ; NAmE tɪri / tear 1 / teə(r) ; NAmE ter / verb , noun see also tear 2 tear tears tore tearing torn verb ( tore / tɔː(r) ; NAmE tɔːr / torn / tɔːn ; NAmE tɔːrn / ) damage 损坏 1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] to damage sth by pulling it apart or into pieces or by cutting it on sth sharp; to become damaged in this way 撕裂;撕碎;扯破;戳破 SYN rip tear(sth) (+ adv./prep.) I tore my jeans on the fence. 我的牛仔裤被篱笆挂破了。 I tore a hole in my jeans. 我的牛仔裤挂了个窟窿。 He tore the letter in two. 他把信撕成两半。 a torn handkerchief 撕破的手帕 Careful—the fabric tears very easily. 小心,这种织物一撕就破。 tearsth + adj. I tore the package open. 我把包裹撕开。 2 [transitive ] tearsth in sth to make a hole in sth by force 撕开,划成,刺出,扯开(裂口或洞) SYN rip The blast tore a hole in the wall. 墙被炸开了个洞。 remove from sth/sb 移开 3 [transitive ] tearsth + adv./prep. to remove sth from sth else by pulling it roughly or violently 拉掉;撕掉;拔掉;扯掉 SYN rip The storm nearly tore the roof off. 暴风雨差一点儿把屋顶掀掉。 I tore another sheet from the pad. 我从本子上又撕下一张纸。 He tore his clothes off (= took them off quickly and carelessly)and dived into the lake. 他把衣服从身上扯下,一头跳入湖中。 4 [transitive ] to pull yourself/sb away by force from sb/sth that is holding you or them 挣开;拽开;夺去;揪走 tearyourself/sb from sb/sth She tore herself from his grasp. 她挣脱了他紧紧抓着她的手。 tearyourself/sb + adj. He tore himself free. 他挣脱了。 injure muscle 损伤肌肉 5 [transitive ] tearsth to injure a muscle, etc. by stretching it too much 拉伤;拽伤 a torn ligament 拉伤的韧带 move quickly 快速移动 6 [intransitive ] + adv./prep. to move somewhere very quickly or in an excited way 飞跑;狂奔;疾驰 He tore off down the street. 他沿大街飞奔。 A truck tore past the gates. 卡车从大门前疾驰而过。 -torn 受…伤害 7 ( in adjectives 构成形容词 ) very badly affected or damaged by sth 深受…之苦的;饱经…摧残的 to bring peace to a strife-torn country 给一个饱经变乱创伤的国家带来和平 a strike-torn industry 深受罢工困扰的行业 see also war-torn IDIOMS tear sb/sth aˈpart, to ˈshreds, to ˈbits, etc. to destroy or defeat sb/sth completely or criticize them or it severely 彻底毁灭;彻底打败;严厉批评 We tore the other team apart in the second half. 我们在下半场把对方球队打得落花流水。 The critics tore his last movie to shreds. 影评家把他最近的一部影片说得一无是处。 ˌtear at your ˈheart | ˌtear your ˈheart out ( formal) to strongly affect you in an emotional way 使伤心;使心如刀绞;使愁肠寸断 tear your ˈhair (out) ( informal) to show that you are very angry or anxious about sth (因发怒、焦急而)撕扯自己的头发 She's keeping very calm—anyone else would be tearing their hair out. 她依旧泰然自若,换作别人早急坏了。 (be in) a tearing ˈhurry/ˈrush ( especially BrE) (to be) in a very great hurry 匆忙;急匆匆;风风火火 be torn (between A and B) to be unable to decide or choose between two people, things or feelings (在两者间)难以选择,左右为难 I was torn between my parents and my friend. 我在父母和朋友之间左右为难。 tear sb ˈoff a strip | tear a ˈstrip off sb ( BrE) ( informal) to speak angrily to sb who has done sth wrong 怒斥;把…骂得狗血喷头 ˌthat's ˈtorn it ( BrE) ( informal) used to say that sth has happened to spoil your plans (表示计划受挫)这可糟了 more at heart , limb , loose adj. , piece n. , shred n. PHRASAL VERBS ˌtear sb↔aˈpart/ˈup to make sb feel very unhappy or worried 使不快;使担心 SYN rip sb apart It tears me apart to think I might have hurt her feelings. 一想到我可能伤害了她的感情,我就感到痛心。 ˌtear sth↔aˈpart 1 to destroy sth violently, especially by pulling it to pieces 撕毁;撕碎 The dogs tore the fox apart. 几条狗把那只狐狸撕成了碎片。 2 to make people in a country, an organization or other place fight or argue with each other 使四分五裂;使分崩离析 Racial strife is tearing our country apart. 种族冲突把我们国家搞得四分五裂。 3 to search a place, making it look untidy and causing damage 把(某处)搜索得凌乱不堪 They tore the room apart, looking for money. 他们为了找钱,把房间翻得乱七八糟。 SYN rip sth apart ˈtear at sth to pull or cut sth violently so that it tears 撕裂;扯开;撕破 He tore at the meat with his bare hands. 他只凭两只手就把肉撕碎了。 ˌtear yourself aˈway (from sth) | ˌtear sth aˈway (from sth) to leave somewhere even though you would prefer to stay there; to take sth away from somewhere 依依不舍地离开;忍痛离去;把…拿走 Dinner's ready, if you can tear yourself away from the TV. 开饭了,别舍不得离开电视。 She was unable to tear her eyes away from him (= could not stop looking at him). 她恋恋不舍地望着他。 ˌtear sth↔ˈdown to pull or knock down a building, wall, etc. 拆毁,拆除(建筑物、墙等) SYN demolish ˌtear ˈinto sb/sth 1 to attack sb/sth physically or with words 攻击;袭击;痛斥;抨击 2 to start doing sth with a lot of energy 积极投入 They tore into their food as if they were starving. 他们狼吞虎咽地吃起饭来,好像饿坏了似的。 ˌtear sb↔ˈup = tear sb apart ˌtear sth↔ˈup to destroy a document, etc. by tearing it into pieces 撕毁,撕碎(文件等) SYN rip sth up She tore up all the letters he had sent her. 她把他寄给她的信都撕了。 ( figurative) He accused the leader of tearing up the party's manifesto (= of ignoring it). 他谴责领导人无视党的宣言。 noun a hole that has been made in sth by tearing 破洞;裂口;裂缝 This sheet has a tear in it. 这条床单上有个破洞。 IDIOMsee wear n. tear / teə(r) ; NAmE ter / tore / tɔː(r) ; NAmE tɔːr / torn / tɔːn ; NAmE tɔːrn /
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