英语词汇“torment”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	torment
释义	tor·ment I. \ˈtȯrˌment, -ȯ(ə)ˌm- sometimes chiefly Brit -_mənt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin tormentum torture, instrument of torture, engine for hurling missiles, from torquēre to twist, turn — more at torture 1. a. : the infliction of torture (as by rack or wheel) to punish or coerce someone b. : the pain suffered by a victim of torture 2. : extreme pain or anguish of body or mind : severe distress : agony < showed the bodily torment she was suffering — George Meredith > < five minutes of her were torment to the ear — John Buchan > < the torment of the betrayed husband — T.S.Eliot > 3. : a raging storm : tempest 4. a. : a source or cause of physical or mental suffering or vexation : something that agitates, troubles, or pains < the task of editing her … is both a tease and a torment — Mark Van Doren > b. : someone that causes vexation or pain : tormentor < burst out into violent rages, and was a torment to his friends — Rumer Godden > II. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷\|ment\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English tormenten, from Old French tormenter, from Late Latin tormentare, from Latin tormentum torment 1. a. : to cause (someone) severe suffering of body or mind : inflict pain or anguish on : afflict, distress, rack < he was … tormented with hunger and thirst — Nevil Shute > < she was … obviously tormented by shyness — Compton Mackenzie > < problems that torment men's hearts and warp men's lives — H.E.Fosdick > b. : to subject to extreme physical strain or agitation : stir up : disturb, twist < the water is tormented as if a hurricane had struck it — Alan Villiers > < lit another cigaret, or tormented another pipe — Ellery Queen > < its atmosphere would be increasingly tormented by aeroplanes — Eric Linklater > c. : to cause worry or vexation to : harass, plague, trouble < a last will and testament that was to torment legal minds for a century to come — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > 2. : to educe undue or unreal subtlety or complexity in : overrefine or complicate the interpretation of : read or explain deviously : distort < tormented the argument out of all honesty and directness > < torments the texts to yield readings more ingenious than probable > Synonyms: see afflict
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