tear /tɛə/ ( tearing, tore, torn, tears )

• N-PLURAL

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I 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. 撕破 (纸、布等); 撕开

  例：

  I tore my coat on a nail.

  我的外套在一个钉子上挂破了。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB Tear up means the same as . 撕破

  例：

  She tore the letter up.

  她把那封信撕了。

  例：

  Don't you dare tear up her ticket.

  你竟敢撕坏她的票。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A tear in paper, cloth, or another material is a hole that has been made in it. 破洞

  例：

  I peered through a tear in the van's curtains.

  我透过货车窗帘上的一个破洞偷偷窥视。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If you tear one of your muscles or ligaments, or if it tears, you injure it by accidentally moving it in the wrong way. 拉伤 (肌肉或韧带); (肌肉或韧带) 拉伤

  例：

  He tore a muscle in his right thigh.

  他拉伤了右大腿的一块肌肉。

  例：

  If the muscle is stretched again it could even tear.

  这块肌肉再受到拉伸的话，它甚至可能会拉伤。

• 5. 

  V-T To tear something from somewhere means to remove it roughly and violently. (猛烈地) 撕掉

  例：

  She tore the windscreen wipers from his car.

  她猛地扯掉了他车上的雨刮器。

• 6. 

  V-I If a person or animal tears at something, they pull it violently and try to break it into pieces. 撕扯

  例：

  Female fans fought their way past bodyguards and tore at his clothes.

  女性仰慕者拼命绕过保镖，撕扯他的衣服。

• 7. 

  V-I If you tear somewhere, you run, drive, or move there very quickly. 奔; 冲

  例：

  The door flew open and Miranda tore into the room.

  门猛地开了，米兰达冲进了房间。

• 8. 

  V-T PASSIVE 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. 折磨

  例：

  ...a country that has been torn by civil war and foreign invasion since its independence.

  …一个自独立以来饱受内战外扰之苦的国家。

• 9. 

  → see also torn, wear and tear