1N-COUNT [usually plural]眼泪;泪水;泪珠Tears are the drops of salty liquid that come out of your eyes when you are crying. 眼泪;泪水;泪珠
Her eyes filled with tears.
她双眼噙满泪水。
I just broke down and wept with tears of joy.
我一下子禁不住喜极而泣。
I didn't shed a single tear.
我一滴眼泪也没掉。
2N-PLURAL 哭泣 You can use tears in expressions such as in tears ,burst into tears, and close to tears to indicate that someone is crying or is almost crying. 哭泣
1V-ERG 撕开;扯坏;扯破 If you tear paper, cloth, or another material, or if it tears, you pull it into two pieces or you pull it so that a hole appears in it. 撕开;扯坏;扯破
She very nearly tore my overcoat. [VERB noun]
她差点把我的大衣扯破了。
Mary Ann tore the edge off her napkin. [VERB noun prep.]
玛丽·安撕掉了餐巾的边儿。
He took a small notebook from his jacket pocket and tore out a page. [VERB noun with adv.]
他从上衣口袋里掏出小笔记本,撕下来一页。
Too fine a material may tear. [VERB]
料子太薄容易撕破。
Nancy quickly tore open the envelope. [VERB noun with adj.ive]
南希飞快撕开信封。
He noticed that fabric was tearing away from the plane's wing. [VERB prep./adv.]
他注意到机翼在一块一块地断裂。
He went ashore leaving me to start repairing the torn sail. [VERB-ed]
4V-ERG (使)(肌肉、韧带)拉伤,撕裂 If you tear one of your muscles or ligaments, or if it tears, you injure it by accidentally moving it in the wrong way. (使)(肌肉、韧带)拉伤,撕裂
He tore a muscle in his right thigh. [VERB noun]
他右大腿的一块肌肉拉伤了。
If the muscle is stretched again it could even tear. [VERB]
这块肌肉要是再拉伸的话,甚至可能会撕裂。
...torn ligaments. [VERB-ed]
拉伤的韧带
5VERB 撕掉;扯去;拔掉 To tear something from somewhere means to remove it roughly and violently. 撕掉;扯去;拔掉
She tore the windscreen wipers from his car. [VERB noun prep.]
她猛地扯掉他车上的雨刷。
He tore down the girl's photograph, and crumpled it into a ball. [VERB noun with adv.]
8V-PASSIVE 使饱经创伤;使经受磨难 If you say that a place is torn by particular events, you mean that unpleasant events which cause suffering and division among people are happening there. 使饱经创伤;使经受磨难
...a country that has been torn by civil war and foreign invasion since its independence. [beVERB-ed + by]
The verbs tear and break both mean 'to damage something', but tear is used only for paper, cloth, or other thin, flexible materials that you can pull apart: Phailin fell down the stairs; she not only broke her arm, but she also tore a muscle in her leg.When the window broke, a piece of the glass tore Niran's shirt.
from the eyes眼淚ADJECTIVE | VERB + TEAR | TEAR + VERB | TEAR + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤angry, bitter, emotional憤怒的/心酸的/激動的淚水◇There were angry tears in Lily's eyes.莉莉眼中含着憤怒的淚水。➤happy幸福的淚水▸➤burning, fresh, hot, salty, warm滾燙的淚水;剛剛流下的淚水;熱淚;鹹鹹的淚水;暖暖的淚水◇Her eyes were blinded by scalding tears.她的雙眼被滾燙的淚水模糊了視線。➤genuine, real, wet (especially NAmE) 真誠的/實實在在的/漣漣的淚水▸➤crocodile (= not sincere)鱷魚的眼淚;假慈悲◇They weep crocodile tears for the poor, but do nothing to help.他們為窮人灑下偽善的眼淚,卻沒有給予任何幫助。➤great, huge, large大顆的淚珠▸➤single, solitary, stray單顆的淚珠;孤立的淚珠◇I wiped a stray tear from my eye.我擦去眼中流出的一滴淚。➤silent沉默的淚水▸➤helpless, sudden, uncontrollable無助的/突然湧出的/無法控制的淚水▸➤unshed未灑落的眼淚◇His eyes were bright with unshed tears.他眼裏噙着晶瑩的淚水。VERB + TEAR➤cry, shed (alsofigurative) , weep痛哭流淚;流淚;感到惋惜◇I won't shed any tears when Moira retires.莫伊拉退休我一點兒都不會感到惋惜。◇She wept silent tears when she heard his name.聽到他的名字,她默默流淚。➤brush, brush away, dry, wipe, wipe away擦去眼淚;擦乾眼淚;擦掉眼淚◇I picked the little girl up and helped dry her tears.我抱起那個小女孩,幫她擦乾眼淚。◇She wiped a tear from her eye.她抹去眼角的一滴淚。➤blink back, choke back, fight back, hold back眨眼控制淚水;強忍住眼淚;忍住淚水◇He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不強忍住失意的淚水。➤stop停止流淚◇I couldn't stop the tears.我無法止住淚水。➤hide隱藏眼淚◇He turned away to hide his tears.他轉過身去,不想讓別人看到他的淚水。➤break down in tears, burst into tears突然淚流滿面◇She broke down in tears in court.她在法庭上突然淚如泉湧。➤move sb to tears, reduce sb to tears使某人流下感動的淚水;引得某人流淚◇His father's angry shouting reduced the little boy to tears.父親的怒吼把小男孩嚇哭了。➤brim with tears, fill with tears充滿淚水◇His eyes filled with tears.他雙眼噙滿淚水。➤end in tears (= to have an unhappy result)以悲劇結束TEAR + VERB➤appear, brim in sb's eyes, come, escape, fill sb's eyes, form, gather, spill from sb's eyes, spill over, spring into/to sb's eyes, start, well, well up淚水湧出;淚水盈眶;淚水溢出;淚水匯聚;淚水從某人眼中灑落◇He could never read the letter without tears coming to his eyes.他每次讀這封信都熱淚盈眶。◇Her tears spilled over her cheeks.淚水順着她的雙頰流了下來。➤drip, drop, fall, flow, overflow, stream (from sth)淚落;流淚;淚水湧出;淚如雨下◇She ran out of the room, tears streaming from her eyes.她跑出房間,淚如雨下。➤course down sth, flood down sth, pour down sth, roll down sth, run down sth, slide down sth, slip down sth, spill down sth, stream down sth, trickle down sth淚水沿着⋯流淌;淚如決堤的洪水沿⋯而下;淚如傾盆雨沿⋯而下;淚水沿⋯滾落;淚水沿⋯滑落;淚水沿⋯灑落;淚水沿⋯撲簌簌而下◇A single tear rolled slowly down her cheek.一顆淚珠順着她的面頰慢慢滾落。➤stain sth, streak sth淚水弄污⋯/在⋯上留下淚痕◇Tears streaked her face.淚水弄花了她的臉。➤glisten淚珠閃亮◇Tears glistened in her eyes.她眼中的淚花閃閃發亮。➤stand淚水滯留◇Tears stood in Oliver's eyes.奧利弗雙眼噙着淚。➤blur sth, cloud sth淚水模糊⋯◇Tears blurred his vision.淚水模糊了他的視線。➤burn (sth), prick sth, prick at sth, prick in sth, sting sb's eyes淚水灼痛(⋯);淚水刺痛⋯;淚水刺痛某人的雙眼◇She felt tears pricking her eyelids.她感到淚水刺痛了眼瞼。➤dry, dry up淚乾TEAR + NOUN➤duct, gland淚管;淚腺➤gas催淚瓦斯◇The police fired tear gas at the protesters.警方向抗議者發射了催淚瓦斯。PREPOSITION➤in tears流着淚◇He came to me in tears.他流着淚來找我。➤through your tears透過淚眼◇She tried to smile through her tears.她流着淚,強顏歡笑。➤tear for為⋯流的淚◇He shed no tears for his lost youth.他不為逝去的青春流淚。➤tear of⋯的淚水◇tears of happiness幸福的淚水➤tear over為⋯流下的淚◇It turned out to be a lot of tears over nothing.到頭來白白流了許多淚。PHRASES➤bring tears to sb's eyes令某人流淚◇It brings tears to your eyes to see them having such fun.看到他們這般高興,你會不由得流淚。➤close to tears, near to tears幾乎落淚◇More than once I came near to tears.我不止一次差點兒落淚。➤a flood of tears, floods of tears淚如決堤的洪水◇We were in floods of tears at the end of the movie.電影結尾時我們都淚如雨下。➤a mist of tears朦朧的淚眼◇I watched it all through a mist of tears.我淚眼朦朧地注視着這一切。➤on the verge of tears快要落淚➤with tears in your eyes雙眼噙着淚水➤wet with tears被眼淚弄濕◇Her cheeks were wet with tears.她的雙頰淚水漣漣。tear3
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ADVERB | VERB + TEAR | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤badly嚴重損壞◇His clothes were badly torn.他的衣服破爛不堪。➤easily容易撕破◇Careful-the fabric tears very easily.小心 - 這種料子非常容易撕破。➤almost, nearly, practically幾乎撕破◇The storm nearly tore the roof off.風暴差點兒把屋頂掀了。➤apart (alsofigurative) , asunder (literary, figurative) , off, out, up撕碎;撕下◇The dogs tore the fox apart.那些狗把狐狸撕成了碎片。◇We tore the other team apart in the second half.下半場我們把對方球隊打得一敗塗地。◇communities that are being torn asunder by crime正被犯罪搞得四分五裂的社區VERB + TEAR➤threaten to威脅要撕毀PREPOSITION➤at在⋯處破裂◇The fabric snagged and tore at the seams.布料鈎破了,接縫處裂開了。➤from從⋯撕下◇I tore another sheet from the pad.我又從拍紙簿上扯下一張紙。➤off從⋯扯掉◇She tore the label off the suitcase.她扯掉了手提箱上的標籤。➤on在⋯上刮破◇She tore her skirt on a nail.她的裙子被釘子掛破了。➤out of從⋯撕下◇Several pages had been torn out of the book.有幾頁被從書中撕掉了。PHRASES➤tear free, tear loose掙脫;擺脫◇She tore herself free.她掙脫了。◇One error and he would have been torn loose and hurled overboard by the wind.稍有差錯,風早就把他掀翻,從船上拋入水中了。➤tear sth in half, tear sth in two把⋯撕成兩半◇She tore the piece of paper in half.她把那張紙撕成兩半。➤tear sb limb from limb肢解某人;痛打某人◇He threatened to tear me limb from limb.他威脅說要把我痛打一頓。➤tear sth open撕開⋯◇She tore the letter open.她撕開了信。➤tear sth to pieces, tear sth to shreds (oftenfigurative) 撕碎⋯;嚴厲批評⋯◇The critics tore his last movie to shreds.評論家把他最後一部電影批得體無完膚。
tear verb ⇨tear (tear paper)⇨injure (tear a muscle)⇨pull2 (tear down a poster)⇨run1 (tear off down the road)tearteə(r); NAmEter
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tear ♦︎ rip ♦︎ split ♦︎ shred ♦︎ pull sth apartThese words all mean to damage sth by pulling it in different directions or cutting it into pieces on sth sharp.这些词均表示撕裂、撕碎、戳破。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达撕开的程度
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to tear / rip sth from / out of sth◆to tear / rip / pull sth apart◆to tear / rip sth up / open◆to tear / rip / shred paper◆to tear / rip your clothes◆to tear / rip / split your trousers / pants / jeans◆to tear / rip a hole in sth◆to tear / rip sth in two / to shreds / to pieces■tear(tore, torn) [transitive, intransitive] to damage sth by pulling it apart or by cutting it on sth sharp; to be damaged in this way; to make a hole in sth by force撕裂;撕碎;扯破;戳破◆I tore my jeans on the fence.我的牛仔裤被篱笆剐破了。◆He tore the package open.他把包裹撕开。◆She tore a page from her notebook.她从记事本上撕下一张纸。◆She tore up the letter(= tore it into small pieces).她把信撕得粉碎。◆His jacket had been torn to shreds on the barbed wire.他的夹克被带刺铁丝网撕成一条条的。◆The dogs tore the fox apart.那些狗把狐狸撕咬开。◆He tore at the meat with his bare hands.他徒手把肉撕开。◆Careful-this fabric tears very easily.小心,这种织物极易撕破。◆I tore a hole in my shirt.我把我的衬衫弄破了一个洞。▸tear
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[countable] ◆This sheet has a tear in it.这条床单上有个破洞。■rip(-pp-) [transitive, intransitive] to tear sth or become torn, often suddenly or violently(常突然或猛烈地)撕破,裂开◆The flag had been ripped in two.那面旗子被撕成两半。◆I heard the tent rip.我听到帐篷裂开的声音。◆A bullet ripped into his shoulder.一颗子弹射进了他的肩膀。◆The nail ripped a hole in my jacket.钉子把我的夹克划开一个洞。▸rip
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◆The jacket had a rip in the sleeve.夹克袖子上破了一道口子。NOTE辨析 Tear or rip?Ripping is usually more violent than tearing. Both verbs, but especially rip, are often used with a preposition or adverb to show violent movement as the thing is ripped/torn. * rip通常比tear动作更剧烈。这两个动词,尤其是rip,通常与介词或副词连用,显示东西被撕开时的剧烈动作。■split(splitting, split, split; -tt-) [intransitive, transitive](of fabric or wood) to tear or open along a straight line; to make sth tear or open in this way(织物或木头受力)裂开;使(织物或木头)裂开◆Her dress had split along the seam.她的连衣裙顺着接缝裂开了。◆The cushion split open and sent feathers everywhere.垫子撕破了,羽毛掉得到处都是。◆I was put to work splitting wood for the fire.我给指派去把木头劈成柴火。■shred(-dd-) [transitive] to cut or tear paper, fabric or vegetables into lots of small pieces切碎,撕碎(纸、织物或蔬菜)◆Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce.先铺一层碎生菜叶,再把鱼放上,就可以上桌了。◆He was accused of shredding documents relating to the case.他被指控用碎纸机销毁了与此案有关的文件。ⓘ Shredding paper is usually done in a machine called a shredder or shredding machine; if you do it with your hands you tear/rip it up.碎纸机称为shredder或shredding machine;如果用手将纸撕碎可以说tear/rip it up。 see also shred ⇨ fragmentnoun■ˌpull sth aˈpart
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to separate sth into pieces by pulling different parts of it in different directions拆散;拆卸;撕成几块◆The wolves will pull the carcass apart.那些狼会将动物尸体撕开。◆It is wise to pull the gearbox apart only when absolutely necessary.只有在绝对必要的情况下才拆卸变速箱,这才是明智之举。ⓘ Pulling sth apart may involve force or violence, but does not have to. * pull sth apart可能会使用武力或暴力,但并非总是如此。