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

单词	tear
释义	tear I. \ˈti(ə)r, ˈtiə\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English ter, tere, tear, from Old English tēar, tæhher, teagor; akin to Old High German zahar tear, Old Norse tār, Gothic tagr, Old Latin dacruma, Latin lacrima, Greek dakry 1. a. : a drop of the clear saline fluid secreted normally in small amount by the lacrimal gland, diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion, and passed ordinarily through the nasolacrimal duct into the nose b. tears plural : a secretion of profuse tears that overflow the eyelids and dampen the face 2. tears plural a. : an act of weeping < break into tears > < found the child in tears over her broken doll > b. : an act of grieving 3. a. : a transparent drop of fluid or hardened fluid matter (as resin) b. : rupert's drop 4. : undissolved material or a partially vitrified bit of clay in glass II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English teren, from ter, tere, tear *intransitive verb* : to fill with tears : shed tears < eyes tearing in the November wind — Saul Bellow > *transitive verb* : to cause to flow or fill with tears < sudden pity teared his sight > III. \ˈta(a)](ə)r, ˈte], ]ə\ verb (tore \ˈtō(ə)r, ˈtȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)\ ; or archaic tare \ˈta(a)](ə)r, ˈte], ]ə\ ; torn \ˈtō(ə)rn, ˈtȯ(ə)rn, -ōən, -ȯ(ə)n\ ; or archaic tare ; tearing ; tears) Etymology: Middle English teren, from Old English teran; akin to Old High German zeran to destroy, Gothic gatairan to tear, destroy, Greek derein to skin, flay, Sanskrit dṛṇāti he tears, bursts *transitive verb* 1. a. : to divide (as a piece of fabric or paper) forcefully or violently into parts < tear a letter in half > b. : to make a rent in < tear a coat on a nail > c. : to wound by slashing or lacerating < tear the skin > d. : to shatter or destroy usually as if by tearing < tear the place apart > < the explosion tore the town to pieces > 2. a. : to split or disrupt emotionally and violently by presenting with a compulsory choice between unacceptable or equally pressing alternatives < torn between love and hate > < torn by conflicting loyalties > b. : disrupt or throw into confusion by violent oppositions as between parties or factions < torn by factional disputes and religious dissension > c. : to affect violently as if by lacerating < torn by doubts > < torn by anarchy > < thunderbolt tore the heavens > 3. a. : to pull, wrench, or remove by force or violent means < tear a weapon from the agent's grasp > < tear a glove away from a dog > < tore out his hair by the roots > < tear some pages out of a book > < tear a cover off a box > b. : to force as if by pulling or wrenching < tried to tear his eyes from the scene > < try to tear your thoughts from the past > < a reply torn from the heart > 4. : to cut (a hole, a path) by violent means < tear a hole in the wall > < the flood tore a … gorge through the township — American Guide Series: Vermont > *intransitive verb* 1. : to divide, separate, or develop breaks or rents on being subjected to pulling laceration, snagging < this cloth tears easily > < the stocking tore when it caught on the nail > 2. : to run, move, or act with great speed, impetus. or force or without restraint or check < automobiles … in which the rich could tear noisily along — F.L.Allen > < tore up the stairs two steps at a time > Synonyms: rip, rend, split, cleave, rive: tear implies a forcible, somewhat crude, pulling or wrenching part from part, as of a fabric, or pulling or wrenching away, usually so that ragged or irregular edges result < tear a newspaper in half > < a Roman citizen was torn to pieces by the infuriated populace of Thebes — Agnes Repplier > < tear a photograph out of an album > rip implies a less crude, often purposeful, pulling part from part, as of a fabric in a rapid, uninterrupted action often along a straight line, grain, or seam or so that more or less straight edges result < the woman ripped the pages out of the book, neatly, one by one > rend is more rhetorical than rip or tear and suggests greater violence than either < rend your hearts and not your garments — Joel 2:13 (Revised Standard Version) > < the black volume of clouds … rent asunder by flashes of lightning — Washington Irving > cleave implies very forceful, often violent, cutting into or separation of part from part, as of a substance more solid than fabric < struck the final blow, cleaving the archbishop's skull — E.V.Lucas > < Norse vessels cleaving the channel with high and figured prows — Will Durant > split suggests a more precise though forceful cutting or separation of part from part than cleave, usually along a grain or seam or between layers < split a log for firewood > < mines opened, forests planted, and racks split — William Wordsworth > rive suggests an action similar to split or cleave but rougher, more violent < the oak was struck and riven by lightning — George Santayana > < even in the days of the riven atom — Vannevar Bush > Synonym: see in addition rush. • - tear at - tear into - tear it - tear one's hair IV. noun (-s) 1. : the act of tearing : damage from being torn — used chiefly in the phrase wear and tear 2. a. : a hole or flaw made by tearing : rent < mending a tear in her skirt > b. : a crack in a casting 3. a. : a tearing pace : violent rush : flurry < the train went by at a tear > b. : a state of headlong urgency or eagerness : great hurry < why are you in such a tear to get home > c. : spree < go on a tear > V. adjective Etymology: Middle English teer, tere, ter, from Middle Dutch teder, teer tender, delicate; akin to Old English tīeder weak, delicate obsolete : delicate, dainty, fine VI. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English teer, from teer delicate, fine 1. archaic : something (as flax or hemp) of the finest quality 2. : the proportion of top to noil in combing wool VII. verb • - tear a strip off VIII. noun Etymology: tear (IV) : a run of unusual success < the team was on a tear >
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