| 单词 | tear |
| 释义 | tear (once / 33 pages) 1vn 2nv When you tear something, you rip it apart. You might tear a hole in your jeans if you catch them on something sharp, or you might tear up that love letter you wrote to your crush. The verb tear often refers to pulling something apart or making a hole — and has a noun form that describes the result of those actions — but it can also describe quick movement. If you tear out of the parking lot, you’re driving very fast. When you use tear in these ways, pronounce it to rhyme with hair. Another word, tear — what you do or produce when you cry — is spelled the same but pronounced to rhyme with peer. WORD FAMILYtear: teared, tearful, tearing, tearless, tears, tore, torn+/tearful: tearfully, tearfulness/tearing: tearingly, tearings/tearless: tearlessly/tore: tores/torn: torner USAGE EXAMPLESThe Washington Wizards — who less than a month ago looked like one of the worst teams in the league — ended 2016 on a tear. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Less than a week later, another bomb tore through a bus carrying off-duty soldiers, killing 13. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) In 2014, Hall tore his Achilles tendon in Week 3. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v separate or cause to separate abruptly tear the paper Syn|Hypo|Hyper bust, rupture, snap lacerate cut or tear irregularly pull, rend, rent, rip, rivetear or be torn violently rip up, shred, tear uptear into shreds teasetear into pieces disunite, divide, part, separate force, take, or pull apart 2v strip of feathers Syn|Hyper deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull strip remove the surface from 3v separate or be separated by force planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars Hypo|Hyper cleave, rive, split separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument maulsplit (wood) with a maul and wedges laminatesplit (wood) into thin sheets disunite, divide, part, separate force, take, or pull apart 4v move quickly and violently The car tore down the street Syn|Hypo|Hyper buck, charge, shoot, shoot down dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot run or move very quickly or hastily rip move precipitously or violently belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it move fast 5n an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart Syn|Hyper rent, rip, snag, split gap, opening an open or empty space in or between things 6n the act of tearing he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear Hypo|Hyper laceration the act of lacerating rent, rip, splitthe act of rending or ripping or splitting something separation the act of dividing or disconnecting 7n an occasion for excessive eating or drinking 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper binge, bout, bust piss-up vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking revel, revelry unrestrained merrymaking 1n a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands his story brought tears to her eyes Syn|Hyper teardrop drib, driblet, drop a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) 2v fill with tears or shed tears Her eyes were tearing Hyper cry, weep shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain |
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