| 单词 | to tear up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tear up a. transitive. To pull asunder by force (a body or substance, now esp. one of thin and flexible consistence, as cloth or paper), usually so as to leave ragged or irregular edges; to rend. (Expressing either partial or complete separation of parts; in the latter case usually with adverb or adverbial phrase, as to tear up, to tear in (also to) pieces, etc.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)] tearc1000 renta1325 reavea1400 lacerate?a1425 raise?a1425 rivea1425 shearc1450 unsoundc1450 ranch?a1525 rechec1540 pilla1555 wreathe1599 intertear1603 shark1611 vulture1628 to tear at1848 spalt1876 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > pull out or up > violently tear out or up ruska1300 off-teara1393 ripa1400 whop14.. rivea1425 ravec1450 reavec1450 esrache1477 to plough out1591 uptear1593 outrive1598 ramp1607 upthrow1627 tear1667 to tear up1709 evulse1827 efforce1855 tear-out1976 c10001 [see α. forms]. c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 136 Though men me wolde al in to pieces tere. a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 782 The grehound wolde nowt sessed be, Til that adder ware toren of thre. a1440 Sir Degrev. 1688 Leve syre, where have ȝe bene, ȝoure clothus to tere. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 754/2 He hath torne my gowne a foote and more. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 35 By heauen Ile teare thee ioynt by ioynt. View more context for this quotation 1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) i. 32 The Serpent can sting, but he cannot teare in pieces. 1709 M. Pierrepont Let. 21 Aug. in Lett. & Wks. Lady M. W. Montagu (1837) I. 140 She will..tear the letter, and never answer it. 1784 J. Douglas Cook's Voy. Pacific I. ii. vii. 291 They are always careful to join the small pieces lengthwise, which makes it impossible to tear the cloth in any direction but one. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 96 The unpopular minister of finance was torn in pieces by the mob. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. vii. 162 Engaged in tearing up old newspapers..into small pieces. 1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold v. 268 The boy had torn his clothes. to tear up to tear up intransitive. Of the eyes: to fill or brim with tears. Of a person: to produce tears, to become tearful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > shed tears (of the eyes) tearc1000 weep1567 wail1594 to well up1848 well1859 fill1871 to tear up1941 the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > lachrymal organs > flow [verb (intransitive)] > of person: shed tears to tear up1977 1941 H. Hedrick Blood Remembers iv. ii. 260 ‘I'll be glad to do anything—anything. I've laid away one husband—’ the white handkerchief dabbed at her nose, the blue eyes teared up. 1977 N.Y. Mag. 31 Jan. (caption) 54 [He] wept three times in three days before the election... He teared up again during his recent State of the Union address. 2018 Times 17 Apr. 26/2 At Heathrow arrivals, I find myself tearing up as I watch people greet each other. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。