| 单词 | torture |
| 释义 | torture —torturable, adj. —torturedly, adv. —torturer, n. —torturesome, adj. —torturingly, adv. /tawr"cheuhr/, n. , v. , tortured, torturing. n. 1. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty. 2. a method of inflicting such pain. 3. Often, tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone. 4. extreme anguish of body or mind; agony. 5. a cause of severe pain or anguish. v.t. 6. to subject to torture. 7. to afflict with severe pain of body or mind: My back is torturing me. 8. to force or extort by torture: We'll torture the truth from his lips! 9. to twist, force, or bring into some unnatural position or form: trees tortured by storms. 10. to distort or pervert (language, meaning, etc.). [1530-40; < LL tortura a twisting, torment, torture. See TORT, -URE] Syn. 6. See torment. |
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