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单词 tear
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tearverb

uk/teər/us/ter/tore, torn

tear verb (PULL APART)

B1 [ I or T ] to pull or be pulled apart, or to pull pieces off:

You have to be very careful with books this old because the paper tears very easily.
I tore my skirt on the chair as I stood up.
A couple of pages had been torn out of/from the book.

More examples

  • She tried to tear a small piece off the edge.
  • I tore off a piece of paper.
  • The dog's claws tore her dress.
  • The sheet tore right down the middle.
  • You need to tear off the top of the packet.

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Tearing and breaking into pieces

  • apart
  • asunder
  • bobble
  • break (sth) off
  • breakage
  • catch
  • fall apart
  • flake
  • fragment
  • fragmented
  • frayed
  • in ribbons idiom
  • knacker
  • pull sth apart
  • rent
  • rip
  • shear
  • split
  • tear sth up
  • torn

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tear verb (HURRY)

[ I + adv/prep ] informal to move very quickly:

He went tearing along the road after the bus.

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Moving quickly

  • beetle
  • belt
  • bob
  • bowl down/along sth
  • careen
  • career
  • gallop
  • gun
  • leg
  • make off
  • outran
  • pelt
  • rush
  • scamper
  • scoot
  • scrabble
  • scramble
  • shoot
  • stampede
  • trot

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Idiom(s)

be in a tearing hurry
tear your hair out
tear sb's heart out
tear a strip off sb

Phrasal verb(s)

tear sth apart
tear sb/sth apart
tear sb apart
tear sb away
tear sth down
tear into sth
tear into sb/sth
tear sth off
tear off
tear sth up

tearnoun [ C ]

uk/teər/us/ter/

a hole in a piece of paper, cloth, or other material, where it has been torn

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Tearing and breaking into pieces

  • apart
  • asunder
  • bobble
  • break (sth) off
  • breakage
  • catch
  • fall apart
  • flake
  • fragment
  • fragmented
  • frayed
  • in ribbons idiom
  • knacker
  • pull sth apart
  • rent
  • rip
  • shear
  • split
  • tear sth up
  • torn

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Holes, hollows and dips

tearnoun

uk/tɪər/us/tɪr/

B1 [ C usually plural ] a drop of salty liquid that flows from the eye, as a result of strong emotion, especially unhappiness, or pain:

tears of remorse/regret/happiness/joy/laughter
Did you notice the tears in his eyes when he talked about Diane?
Why do arguments with you always reduce me to tears (= make me cry)?
I won't shed (any) tears (= I will not be unhappy) when he goes, I can tell you!
burst into tears

B1 to suddenly start to cry

in tears

B1 crying:

I found him in tears in his bedroom.

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Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production

  • beaded
  • bogy
  • bucket
  • discharge
  • dribble
  • expectorate
  • gob
  • jism
  • lacteal
  • lymphatic
  • mucus
  • perspiration
  • phlegm
  • pus
  • snot
  • sperm
  • spermatozoon
  • spit
  • spunk
  • sweat buckets idiom

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Weeping and crying

tearverb [ I ]

uk/tɪər/us/tɪr/

US (of eyes) to produce tears:

Why do our eyes tear when we're cutting onions?

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Weeping and crying

  • bawl
  • bucket
  • burst
  • burst out laughing/crying idiom
  • crocodile tears
  • crumple
  • dissolve
  • dry your eyes idiom
  • flood
  • lachrymose
  • mist
  • mist (sth) over/up
  • misty-eyed
  • not a dry eye in the house idiom
  • not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
  • sniffle
  • snuffle
  • weep
  • weepy
  • wept

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Phrasal verb(s)

tear up
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