tear

1. N-COUNT Tears are the drops of salty liquid that come out of your eyes when you are crying. 眼淚

Her eyes filled with tears. 她眼裡噙滿了淚水。

I just broke down and wept with tears of joy. 我實(shí)在控制不住，流下了高興的眼淚。

2. N-PLURAL 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

He was in floods of tears on the phone. 他在電話裡大哭。

She burst into tears and ran from the kitchen. 她突然哭了起來(lái)，跑出了廚房。

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 (紙、佈等); 撕開

I tore my coat on a nail. 我的外套在一個(gè)釘子上掛破了。

2. PHRASAL VERB Tear up means the same as . 撕破

She tore the letter up. 她把那封信撕了。

Don't you dare tear up her ticket. 你竟敢撕壞她的票。

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

I peered through a tear in the van's curtains. 我透過(guò)貨車窗簾上的一個(gè)破洞媮媮窺眡。

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. 拉傷 (肌肉或靭帶); (肌肉或靭帶) 拉傷

He tore a muscle in his right thigh. 他拉傷了右大腿的一塊肌肉。

If the muscle is stretched again it could even tear. 這塊肌肉再受到拉伸的話，它甚至可能會(huì)拉傷。

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

She tore the windscreen wipers from his car. 她猛地扯掉了他車上的雨刮器。

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

Female fans fought their way past bodyguards and tore at his clothes. 女性仰慕者拼命繞過(guò)保鏢，撕扯他的衣服。

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

The door flew open and Miranda tore into the room. 門猛地開了，米蘭達(dá)沖進(jìn)了房間。

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

...a country that has been torn by civil war and foreign invasion since its independence. …一個(gè)自獨(dú)立以來(lái)飽受內(nèi)戰(zhàn)外擾之苦的國(guó)家。

9. →see also torn , wear and tear