Tear

[tɪə] or [tɛr]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of tearing; 'he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear'.

(noun.) a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; 'his story brought tears to her eyes'.

(verb.) fill with tears or shed tears; 'Her eyes were tearing'.

(verb.) to separate or be separated by force; 'planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars'.

(verb.) separate or cause to separate abruptly; 'The rope snapped'; 'tear the paper'.

(verb.) move quickly and violently; 'The car tore down the street'; 'He came charging into my office'.

汉密尔顿校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.

(n.) Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

(n.) That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

(v. t.) To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.

(v. t.) Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.

(v. t.) To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.

(v. t.) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.

(v. t.) To move violently; to agitate.

(v. i.) To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.

(v. i.) To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

(n.) The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.

編輯:娜塔莎

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Rend, sever, sunder, pull asunder, pull in pieces, pull apart.[2]. Lacerate, laniate, lancinate, claw, mangle.[3]. Snatch away, force away.

埃塞雷德編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Rend, lacerate, shatter, sever, sunder

ANT:Mend, unite

手打:蒙塔古

解釋/意思:

n. a drop of the fluid secreted by the lachrymal gland appearing in the eyes: anything like a tear.—ns. Tear′-drop a tear; Tear′-duct the lachrymal or nasal duct.—adjs. Tear′-fall′ing (Shak.) shedding tears tender; Tear′ful abounding with or shedding tears: weeping.—adv. Tear′fully.—n. Tear′fulness.—adjs. Tear′less without tears: unfeeling; Tear′-stained (Shak.) stained with tears; Tear′y tearful

v.t. to draw asunder or separate with violence: to make a violent rent in: to lacerate.—v.i. to move or act with violence: to rage:—pa.t. tōre (B.) tāre; pa.p. tōrn.—n. something torn a rent: (slang) a spree.—n. Tear′er one who or that which tears: (slang) a boisterous person.—p.adj. Tear′ing great terrible rushing.—Tear and wear (see Wear); Tear one's self away to go off with great unwillingness; Tear the hair to pull the hair in a frenzy of grief or rage; Tear up to remove from a fixed state by violence: to pull to pieces.

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