英语词汇“torn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Longman Language Activatorwhen something has been torn► torn

when something made of cloth or paper has been torn: · He was wearing torn trousers and a ragged jacket.· The pages of the book were torn and faded.get torn: · If the cover of a book gets torn, the library sends it to be repaired.

► be in shreds

if a piece of cloth or paper is in shreds , it has been torn and damaged so much that it has almost fallen apart: · The curtains hung in shreds and the carpet was worn thin.· The clothes were handed down in the family, and by the time they reached the last child, they were in shreds.

► frayed

clothes or things made of cloth that are frayed are torn a little along the edges, usually because they have been used a lot: · He had on frayed jeans and an old white shirt.frayed at the cuffs/collar/edges etc: · The jacket was a little frayed at the cuffs.

► tattered

cloth, paper, or a piece of clothing that is tattered is torn in many places, especially because it has been used a lot: · A man in tattered blue dungarees was busy in the garage.· The old diary was yellowed and tattered.

► ragged

clothes or things made of cloth that are ragged are torn and untidy, often because the people who own them are very poor: · The blanket she wore over her shoulders was ragged and filthy.· A man in ragged clothes was begging on the corner.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be torn apart

Before their lives were torn apart, they were a happy family.
He was torn apart as health and social security secretary and suffered demotion before resigning.
He would be torn apart by the difference between the gravitational force on his head and his feet.
In practice instruments could not survive such a journey; they would be torn apart by the increasing gravitational field gradients.
Parents who objected were torn apart as heretics.
The political structures were torn apart until the very foundations were rocked.
The spaceship would be torn apart by infinitely strong forces.
We have players in the league whose families, let alone countries, are torn apart by war.

► be torn/split/rent etc asunder

If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder.
In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater.
The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder.
This unity was to be rent asunder by changes in technology and by the impact of the Modern Movement in architecture.

► be cut/torn to ribbons

Her feet were cut to ribbons on the rocks.

单词	torn
释义	torntorn /tɔːn $ tɔːrn/ verb Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen something has been torn► torn when something made of cloth or paper has been torn: · He was wearing torn trousers and a ragged jacket.· The pages of the book were torn and faded.get torn: · If the cover of a book gets torn, the library sends it to be repaired. ► be in shreds if a piece of cloth or paper is in shreds , it has been torn and damaged so much that it has almost fallen apart: · The curtains hung in shreds and the carpet was worn thin.· The clothes were handed down in the family, and by the time they reached the last child, they were in shreds. ► frayed clothes or things made of cloth that are frayed are torn a little along the edges, usually because they have been used a lot: · He had on frayed jeans and an old white shirt.frayed at the cuffs/collar/edges etc: · The jacket was a little frayed at the cuffs. ► tattered cloth, paper, or a piece of clothing that is tattered is torn in many places, especially because it has been used a lot: · A man in tattered blue dungarees was busy in the garage.· The old diary was yellowed and tattered. ► ragged clothes or things made of cloth that are ragged are torn and untidy, often because the people who own them are very poor: · The blanket she wore over her shoulders was ragged and filthy.· A man in ragged clothes was begging on the corner. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be torn apart Before their lives were torn apart, they were a happy family. He was torn apart as health and social security secretary and suffered demotion before resigning. He would be torn apart by the difference between the gravitational force on his head and his feet. In practice instruments could not survive such a journey; they would be torn apart by the increasing gravitational field gradients. Parents who objected were torn apart as heretics. The political structures were torn apart until the very foundations were rocked. The spaceship would be torn apart by infinitely strong forces. We have players in the league whose families, let alone countries, are torn apart by war. ► be torn/split/rent etc asunder If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder. In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater. The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder. This unity was to be rent asunder by changes in technology and by the impact of the Modern Movement in architecture. ► be cut/torn to ribbons Her feet were cut to ribbons on the rocks. the past participle of tear2
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