新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

tear

英 [tɪə]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

tears
1. [C 可数名词] 眼泪
Tears are the drops of salty liquid that come out of your eyes when you are crying.
双语例句
例：
Her eyes filled with tears.
她眼里噙满了泪水。
例：
I just broke down and wept with tears of joy.
我情不自禁，流下了高兴的眼泪。
2. [PL 复数] 哭泣
You can use tears in expressions such as in tears, burst into tears, and close to tears to indicate that someone is crying or is almost crying.
双语例句
例：
He was in floods of tears on the phone.
他在电话里大哭。
例：
She burst into tears and ran from the kitchen.
她突然哭了起来，跑出了厨房。
3. [C 可数名词] 破洞
A tear in paper, cloth, or another material is a hole that has been made in it.
双语例句
例：
I peered through a tear in the van's curtains.
我透过货车窗帘上的一个破洞窥视。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

tear apart
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 使（人们）不和 , 使分裂
If something tears people apart, it causes them to argue or to leave each other.
双语例句
例：
Her pregnancy was tearing the family apart.
她的怀孕引起了家庭的不和。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 使痛苦
If something tears you apart, it makes you feel very upset, worried, and unhappy.
双语例句
例：
Don't think it hasn't torn me apart to be away from you.
不要以为离开了你我并没有感到痛苦。
tear away
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 逼（某人）离开 , 迫使停止
If you tear someone away from a place or activity, you force them to leave the place or stop doing the activity, even though they want to remain there or carry on.
双语例句
例：
He finally tore himself away from the table long enough to pour me a drink.
他最终迫不得已离开了那张桌子片刻，给我倒了一杯饮料。
tear down
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 拆除 , 拆毁
If you tear something down, you destroy it or remove it completely.
近义词
pull down
双语例句
例：
Angry Russians may have torn down the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky.
愤怒的俄罗斯人可能已经拆除了菲利克斯•捷尔任斯基的雕像。
tear off
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 胡乱脱掉
If you tear off your clothes, you take them off in a rough and violent way.
双语例句
例：
Totally exhausted, he tore his clothes off and fell into bed.
由于疲惫不堪，他胡乱脱掉衣服就倒在了床上。
tear up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 撕破（同）tear）
Tear up means the same as tear.
双语例句
例：
She tore the letter up.
她把那封信撕了。
例：
Don't you dare tear up her ticket!
你敢撕她的票！

VERB. 动词

tears , tearing , tore , torn
1. [I 不及物动词] 撕破（纸、布等） , 撕开
If you tear paper, cloth, or another material, or if it tears, you pull it into two pieces or you pull it so that a hole appears in it.
双语例句
例：
I tore my coat on a nail.
我的外套在一个钉子上挂破了。
2. [I 不及物动词] 拉伤（肌肉或韧带） , （肌肉或韧带）拉伤
If you tear one of your muscles or ligaments, or if it tears, you injure it by accidentally moving it in the wrong way.
双语例句
例：
He tore a muscle in his right thigh.
他拉伤了右大腿的一块肌肉。
例：
If the muscle is stretched again it could even tear.
这块肌肉再受到拉伸的话，它甚至可能会拉伤。
3. [T 及物动词] （猛烈地）撕掉
To tear something from somewhere means to remove it roughly and violently.
双语例句
例：
She tore the windscreen wipers from his car.
她猛地扯掉了他车上的雨刮器。
4. [I 不及物动词] 撕扯
If a person or animal tears at something, they pull it violently and try to break it into pieces.
近义词
rip
双语例句
例：
Female fans fought their way past bodyguards and tore at his clothes.
女性仰慕者冲过保镖，撕扯他的衣服。
5. [I 不及物动词] 奔 , 冲
If you tear somewhere, you run, drive, or move there very quickly.
近义词
rush
双语例句
例：
The door flew open and Miranda tore into the room.
门猛地开了，米兰达冲进了房间。
6. [PASSIVE 被动及物动词] 折磨
If you say that a place is torn by particular events, you mean that unpleasant events which cause suffering and division among people are happening there.
双语例句
例：
a country that has been torn by civil war and foreign invasion since its independence.
一个自独立以来饱受内战外扰之苦的国家。