tear1
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they tear | |
he / she / it tears | |
past simple tore | |
past participle torn | |
-ing form tearing |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to damage something by pulling it apart or into pieces or by cutting it on something sharp; to become damaged in this way synonym rip撕裂;撕碎;扯破;戳破 - tear something + adv./prep.
I tore my jeans on the fence. 我的牛仔裤被篱笆划破了。 I tore a hole in my jeans. 我的牛仔裤剐了个窟窿。 He tore the letter in two. 他把信撕成两半。 I tore the picture into pieces. 我把照片撕成碎片。 The letter had been torn to shreds. 这封信被撕成了碎片。 - tear (something)
His clothes were badly torn. 他的衣服破烂不堪。 Careful—the fabric tears very easily. 小心,这种织物一撕就破。 - tear something + adj.
I tore the package open. 我把包裹撕开。 I tore open the package. 我撕开了那个包裹。
Extra ExamplesThe fabric snagged and tore at the seams. 布料钩破了,接缝处裂开了。 His jacket had been torn to shreds on the barbed wire. 他的夹克被带刺铁丝网撕成一条条的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- easily
- almost
- …
- threaten to
- at
- from
- off
- …
- tear free
- tear loose
- tear something in half
- …
- tear something + adv./prep.
- [transitive] tear something in something
to make a hole in something by force synonym rip撕开,划成,刺出,扯开(裂口或洞) Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- easily
- almost
- …
- threaten to
- at
- from
- off
- …
- tear free
- tear loose
- tear something in half
- …
- [transitive] tear something + adv./prep.
to remove something from something else by pulling it roughly or violently synonym rip拉掉;撕掉;拔掉;扯掉 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。
Extra Examplesan article torn from a magazine 从杂志上撕下的一篇文章 Several pages had been torn out of the book. 有几页被从书中撕掉了。 She tore the label off the suitcase. 她扯掉了手提箱上的标签。 Our posters were torn down as quickly as we could put them up. 我们的海报尽可能快地被撕掉了。
- [transitive]
to pull yourself/somebody away by force from somebody/something that is holding you or them 挣开;拽开;夺去;揪走 - [transitive] tear something
to injure a muscle, etc. by stretching it too much 拉伤;拽伤 a torn ligament/muscle 撕裂的韧带/肌肉 She's torn a ligament in her right hand. 她右手的一处韧带拉伤了。 She tore a calf muscle playing squash. 她打壁球时拉伤了小腿肌肉。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to move somewhere very quickly or in an excited way 飞跑;狂奔;疾驰 Extra ExamplesThe girls looked at each other and tore off towards the house. 女孩们看了看对方,接着向房子飞奔而去。 A dog was tearing along the road beside the truck. 一只狗在卡车旁边的路上狂奔。
(in adjectives )构成形容词 very badly affected or damaged by something 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
damage损坏
remove from something/somebody移开
injure muscle损伤肌肉
move quickly快速移动
-torn受…伤害
Word OriginOld English teran, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teren and German zehren, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek derein ‘flay’. The noun dates from the early 17th cent.
Idioms
be torn (between A and B)
pick/pull/tear somebody/something to pieces/shreds
- (informal)
to criticize somebody, or their work or ideas, very severely 眼泪: 非常严厉地批评某人或其工作或思想
tear somebody/something apart, to shreds, to bits, etc.
(also tear somebody up)
tear at your heart | tear your heart 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 hair (out)
tear/rip the heart out of something
to destroy the most important part or aspect of something 摧毁…的核心 Closing the factory tore the heart out of the community. 关闭工厂让这个社区非常伤心。
(be in) a tearing hurry/rush
- (especially British English)
(to be) in a very great hurry 匆忙;急匆匆;风风火火
tear/rip somebody limb from limb
- (often humorous)
to attack somebody very violently 猛烈攻击某人
tear somebody off a strip | tear a strip off somebody
- (British English, informal)
to speak angrily to somebody who has done something wrong 怒斥;把…骂得狗血喷头
that’s torn it
- (British English, informal)
used to say that something has happened to cause your plans to fail (表示计划受挫)这可糟了