- 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,
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1. A tear rolled down his face.
一滴眼泪沿他的面颊流下来。
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2. She left the room in tears .
她哭着离开了房间。
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3. He tore the letter in two.
他把信撕成两半。
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4. a torn handkerchief
撕破的手帕
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5. The storm nearly tore the roof off.
暴风雨差一点儿把屋顶掀掉。
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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。
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7. She tore herself from his grasp.
她挣脱了他紧紧抓着她的手。
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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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