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tear
Word family
tear1 /tɪə $ tɪr/ ●●● S2 W3 noun → tier
1 [countableC usually plural]HBH a drop of salty liquid that comes out of your eye when you are crying 眼淚，淚水
The children were all in tears.
孩子們全都哭了。
She came home in floods of tears.
她淚流滿面地回到家裏。
I could see that Sam was close to tears.
我看到薩姆都快哭了。
Bridget suddenly burst into tears and ran out.
布裏奇特突然大哭着跑了出去。
He was fighting back tears as he spoke.
他一邊說，一邊拼命忍住淚水。
A lot of people were moved to tears by his story.
很多人都被他的故事感動得落淚。
He kissed her cheek, a gesture that brought tears to her eyes.
他親了親她的臉，這個舉動讓她熱淚盈眶。
I must admit I shed a few tears when the school closed.
我必須承認，學校關閉時我掉過幾滴眼淚。
I saw grown men reduced to tears that day.
那天我看到成年男子都流下了眼淚。
‘Please don’t talk like that, ’ Ellen implored him, her eyes filling with tears.
“請别那麽說。”埃倫懇求道，眼裏噙滿淚水。
By this time, tears were streaming down my face.
此時，我已淚流滿面。
The tears he shed were tears of joy.
他淌下的是喜悅的淚水。
2. it’ll (all) end in tears British EnglishBrE spokenWARN used to warn someone that something they are doing will cause problems or arguments between people 不會有好結果的，不會有好下場的〔用於警告〕
→ bore somebody to tears at bore2(1), → crocodile tears at crocodile(4)n COLLOCATIONS
phrases
be in tears (=be crying)
When Evelyn put the phone down, she was in tears.
be in floods of tears British EnglishBrE (=be crying a lot)
By the time she left, she was in floods of tears.
be close to/on the verge of tears (=be almost crying)
He could see that May was close to tears.
there are tears in somebody’s eyes
As she watched, there were tears of joy in her eyes.
tears of joy/frustration/rage etc
verbsThe tears he shed were tears of joy.
burst into tears (=suddenly start crying)
She burst into tears and begged me to stay.
break down in tears (=suddenly start crying)
I broke down in tears when I read the letter.
be moved to tears (=be so upset that you cry)
Members of the audience were moved to tears by her singing.
bring tears to somebody’s eyes (=make someone cry)
This unexpected kindness brings tears to my eyes.
reduce somebody to tears (=make someone cry)
His insults had reduced her to tears, but she had not changed her mind.
hold back the tears (=not cry even though you feel like crying)
She gave her version of events, often struggling to hold back the tears.
fight/choke/blink back tears (=try not to cry)
She fought back tears yesterday as she re-lived the horrors she had seen.
shed/weep tears (=cry)
Don’t shed any tears for him.
somebody’s eyes fill with tears
His eyes filled with tears as he recalled his mother’s sacrifices.
tears well up in somebody’s eyes (=tears come into their eyes)
She broke off, feeling the tears welling up in her eyes.
tears run/roll/stream down somebody’s face
adjectivesOliver laughed until tears ran down his face.
bitter tears
She wept bitter tears of remorse for leaving her children behind.
hot tears
I felt the hot tears running down my face.
Examples from the Corpus
tear• tear-stained cheeks• Is that a tear on your face?• I remember it as if I were still standing there, streaked with blood and dust and tears, talking to her.• I snarled, Josefina added terror to her tears and somehow we got through.• Its last 15 minutes had me right where the filmmakers wanted me, which was in tears.• There's a small tear near the corner of the painting.• He had had visions, striding back to Bedford Square, of proper love-making, of tenderness, perhaps some tears.• How did you get that tear in your jacket?• This time was no different and my master left Syon with the tears streaming down his face.• His parents' faces turn ashen when they first see him, then they smile through their tears.
tears of joy• I was in tears of joy.• But their tears were tears of joy and gratitude.• There were tears of joy and emotion.• Whether they were tears of joy or sorrow, she could not say.• Eumaeus greeted him with tears of joy and begged him to sit and eat.• Maybe one man with tears of joy and one with tears of sorrow.• But Mrs Taylor began crying even more, this time with tears of joy and relief that her babies were safe.
tear2 /teə $ ter/ ●●● S2 W3 verb (past tensepst tore /tɔː $ tɔːr/, past participlepp torn /tɔːn $ tɔːrn/) → tare
1 paper/cloth 紙/布
a) [transitiveT]TEAR to damage something such as paper or cloth by pulling it hard or letting it touch something sharp 撕破；扯破；劃破；戳破 SYN rip
Be careful not to tear the paper.
小心不要把紙撕破了。
His clothes were old and torn.
他的衣服又舊又破。
tear something on something
She realized she had torn her jacket on a nail.
她意識到自己的夾克衫被釘子鈎破了。
tear something off
Tear off the slip at the bottom of this page and send it back to us.
撕下本頁下部的回執寄回給我們。
tear something out (of something)
He tore a page out of his notebook and handed it to her.
他從自己的筆記本上撕了一頁遞給她。
The dog had torn a huge hole in the tent.
狗把帳篷咬出一個大洞來。
He picked up the envelope and tore it open.
他拿起信封，把它撕開了。
She tore the letter to pieces and threw it in the bin.
她把信撕成碎片扔到垃圾桶裏。
Most of her clothes had been torn to shreds.
她身上的衣服大部分地方已經被扯得稀爛。
b) [intransitiveI]TEAR if paper or cloth tears, it splits and a hole appears, because it has been pulled too hard or has touched something sharp 紙或布〕破裂，被撕裂，被扯破
► see thesaurus at breakThe paper is old and tears easily.
這紙很舊了，很容易撕破。
2 move quickly 快速移動 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]RUN to run or drive somewhere very quickly, especially in a dangerous or careless way 疾馳；飛跑，狂奔
She tore back into the house.
她飛奔回屋内。
We tore down to the hospital.
我們狂奔到醫院。
He tore off into town.
► see thesaurus at run 他急匆匆趕往城裏。
3 remove STH 除掉某物 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PULL to pull something violently from a person or place 〔猛烈地〕撕扯；拔掉；掀掉
tear something from somebody/something
He tore the letter from my hand.
他一把奪過我手裏的信。
A bridge was torn from the bank by the floodwaters.
有一座橋被洪水從堤岸上沖走了。
tear something off something
High winds nearly tore the roof off the house.
狂風差點把房頂都掀掉了。
4 be torn
a) if you are torn, you are unable to decide what to do because you have different feelings or different things that you want 左右爲難，難以取舍；〔心理或情感上〕被折磨
be torn between
She was torn between her love of dancing and her fear of performing in public.
她内心充滿矛盾，既熱愛舞蹈又害怕公開表演。
He was torn two ways.
他左右爲難。
Jess was torn by anger and worry.
傑斯的内心被憤怒和憂慮撕扯着。
b) EFFECT/INFLUENCEif a country or group is torn, it is divided because people in it have very different ideas and are arguing or fighting with each other 〔國家或團體〕飽受〔内部不和、爭鬥的〕痛苦
The country was torn by civil war.
該國飽受内戰之苦。
She spent two months in the war-torn city.
她在這個飽受戰爭之苦的城市裏待了兩個月。
Examples from the Corpus
tear between• I was torn between altruism and self-interest.• I was torn between being an artist and being a physicist.• Theodora was torn between curiosity and irritation.• Stella was torn between getting it right and being manhandled by Meredith.• Serena is torn between her sisterly love and her annoyance with Stella's aggressive insecurity.• According to Marie Pastor, Macchio was torn between his girlfriend, Phyllis, who became his wife, and his career.• Gould was torn between the need to preserve his specimens and the desire to keep them a secret.• That way the child will not be torn between the two.
5 muscle 肌肉 [transitiveT]MIDAMAGE to damage a muscle or ligament 拉傷，撕裂〔肌肉或韌帶〕
She had torn a muscle in her leg.
她腿部一處肌肉拉傷了。
6 tear loose ESCAPEto move violently and no longer be attached to something 猛地脫開
One end had torn loose.
一端脫開了。
Examples from the Corpus
tear loose• At what stage did her briefs tear loose?• He had heard the pounding, too, and thought a storm shutter had torn loose.• The piece of paper tore loose.• Tightness throughout the abdomen making it impossible to cough or strain for fear that something will burst or will tear loose.• One of the clouds over Bald Hill tore loose and floated down the sky toward us.• One error and he would have been torn loose and hurled overboard to be smothered by the driving spray.• The great ice bridge had torn loose from its foundations and was starting to move downstream toward the Whirlpool.• In recent months they have begun to tear loose from this platform.
7 tear somebody/something to shreds/pieces CRITICIZE informal to criticize someone or something very severely 嚴厲批評某人/某事物
He tore her arguments to shreds.
他把她的論點駁得一無是處。
Examples from the Corpus
tear somebody/something to shreds/pieces• Within two years, other researchers had torn it to shreds.• Male Siamese fighting fish will tear each other's fins to shreds.• And having got under them, he can't half tear them to pieces.• They snarled at them as if they were criminals and took their papers as if they'd like to tear them to shreds.• They will tear you to pieces.• He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him.• In the end the prosecutor's case was torn to shreds by Russell's lawyer.• A shell had exploded in the body of one of them, tearing it to pieces; others were torn and wounded.• If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession, he will tear it to pieces to annoy me.• We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.
8. tear somebody off a strip/tear a strip off somebody British EnglishBrE informalCRITICIZE to talk to someone very angrily because they have done something wrong 怒斥某人，痛罵某人
9. tear somebody limb from limb literaryATTACK to attack someone in a very violent way 痛打某人；猛烈攻擊某人
Examples from the Corpus
tear somebody limb from limb• They slew the gentle musician, tearing him limb from limb, and flung the severed head into the swift river Hebrus.• Had she known, she'd have torn him limb from limb, bitten his sun-browned flesh till the blood flowed.• Garcia's opponents are angry enough to tear him limb from limb.• I thought he was going to tear me limb from limb.
10 be tearing your hair out British EnglishBrE informalWORRIED to feel anxious and upset because you are worried, or because you have to deal with something that is very difficult 〔對某事〕極其煩惱
I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to get done in time.
爲了能及時完成我都快瘋掉了。
Examples from the Corpus
be tearing your hair out• Anyone else would be tearing his hair out, confronted by a pack of jabbering foreigners, but does Feargal?
11. be in a tearing hurry British EnglishBrEHURRY to be doing something very quickly because you are late 〔因爲來不及〕急匆匆
Examples from the Corpus
12 tear somebody’s heart (out)/tear at somebody’s heart UPSETto make someone feel extremely upset 使某人心碎，使某人極其難受
The thought of her out there alone tore at my heart.
想到她獨自一人在那裏，我的心都碎了。
13 that’s torn it! British EnglishBrE spoken old-fashionedMISTAKE used when something bad has happened that stops you from doing what you intended to do 這下完了！這下倒黴了！
Oh, no, that’s torn it! I’ve left my keys in the car!
噢，不好，這下完了！我把鑰匙落在車裏了！
n COLLOCATIONS
phrases
tear a hole in something
She caught her shawl on a nail and tore a hole in it.
tear something open
She tore open the envelope.
tear something to pieces/shreds
The dogs tore the meat to pieces.
tear something in two (also tear something in half)
Jack snatched the letter from him and tore it in two.
THESAURUS
PHRASAL VERBStear to damage paper or cloth by pulling it too hard, or letting it touch something sharp 撕破；劃破
She unwrapped the present carefully, trying not to tear the paper.
她小心地打開禮物，盡量不撕破包裝紙。
I tore a hole in my jacket, climbing over the fence.
我爬圍欄的時候把外套鈎了個洞。
rip to tear something quickly or violently 撕；扯
Beth excitedly ripped open the package.
貝絲激動地撕開包裝盒。
Stop pulling my dress! You’ll rip it!
别拉我的連衣裙！會扯破的！
split to tear your trousers or shirt when you put them on, because they are too tight for you 〔因過緊〕撐破〔褲子或裙子〕
He bent down and split his trousers.
他彎下腰，撐破了褲子。
nOh no, now I’ve split my shirt.
ladder British EnglishBrE if a woman ladders her tights or stockings, she tears them so that a long thin line appears in them 使〔緊身褲襪或長筒襪〕抽絲
Damn! I’ve laddered my tights!
真該死！我把褲襪弄抽絲了！
nsnag to catch a piece of clothing on something rough or sharp so that it tears slightly
I snagged my shirt on a nail.
Examples from the Corpus
tear• My jacket caught on a nail and tore.• Don't pull on the cloth, it will tear.• I tore a hole in my jacket, climbing over the fence.• I tore a hole in my new blouse.• She tore a page out of her diary and wrote her phone number on it.• Forays had been made at night; scaffolding had been torn down and a few workers employed in building Carewscourt had been killed.• Be careful, the paper tears easily.• Careful - the paper is very old and tears easily.• He walked hesitatingly forward, his skin tensed for the feeling of metal tearing flesh.• Martell has been torn from his wife and stepchildren.• He took my ticket and tore it in half. "Row J, seats 8 and 9."• Celia grabbed the envelope and tore it open.• If they start building here, it will be like tearing my heart out.• Mary tore off downstairs, determined to see the visitors for herself.• The attendant tore off the parking ticket and handed it back.• Peterson tore open the envelope.• A masked man came tearing out of the bank and jumped into a waiting car.• Don't tear pages out of the book.• Bobby tore past, shouting something about being late for work.• He tore the envelope open, his mind full of various pleasing conjectures.• I had torn the knees of my jeans on the rough gravel.• She unwrapped the present carefully, trying not to tear the paper.• Surely tearing up the Pope's picture was meant as a symbolic gesture, not a personal affront.• Worthy mentors work to build you up, not tear you down.• How did you tear your pocket?
tore ... open• Muttering some vulgar exorcism to avert the jinx, Juron tore the panel open.• Amelia tore the envelope open and laughed.• Luce tore it open and read: When I tried to ring you I was told that the Diomede number is ex-directory.• She tore open his shirt and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation.• He tore open the cupboard door and peered at the tiny porthole of glass on the front of the central heating boiler.• Frantically she tore open the door to Elinor's apartment.• She tore open the envelope, ignoring the paper knife Penman laid ready for her each day.• When the twig tore the pocket open the letter had dropped out.
tear3 /teə $ ter/ noun [countableC] → tare
1 TEARa hole in a piece of cloth or paper where it has been torn 〔布、紙等〕撕破的地方，裂口
→ wear and tear at wear2(2)tear in
There was a huge tear in his shirt.
他的襯衫上有一個大裂口。
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tear• I remember it as if I were still standing there, streaked with blood and dust and tears, talking to her.• Its last 15 minutes had me right where the filmmakers wanted me, which was in tears.• He had had visions, striding back to Bedford Square, of proper love-making, of tenderness, perhaps some tears.• This time was no different and my master left Syon with the tears streaming down his face.• His parents' faces turn ashen when they first see him, then they smile through their tears.• They had to use tear gas to drive off the rioters.
tear4n /tiə $ tɪr/ verb [intransitiveI] especially American EnglishAmE
n1 if your eyes tear, they produce salty liquid, for example because of cold air or smoke SYN water
Why does cutting up onions make my eyes tear?
Old English teran
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⇨ tear (tear paper) ⇨ injure (tear a muscle) ⇨ pull 2 (tear down a poster) ⇨ run 1 (tear off down the road) tear teə(r); NAmE ter tear ♦︎ rip ♦︎ split ♦︎ shred ♦︎ pull sth apart These words all mean to damage sth by pulling it in different directions or cutting it into pieces on sth sharp. 這些詞均表示撕裂、撕碎、戳破。 SYNONYM SCALE 詞義標尺 下圖顯示這些詞所表達撕開的程度
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.我的牛仔褲被籬笆剮破了。 ◆ He tore the package open.他把包裹撕開。 ◆ She tore a page from her notebook.她從記事本上撕下一張紙。 ◆ 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.他的夾克被帶刺鐵絲網撕成一條條的。 ◆ The dogs tore the fox apart.那些狗把狐狸撕咬開。 ◆ He tore at the meat with his bare hands.他徒手把肉撕開。 ◆ Careful－this fabric tears very easily.小心，這種織物極易撕破。 ◆ I tore a hole in my shirt.我把我的襯衫弄破了一個洞。 ▸ tear [countable ] ◆ This sheet has a tear in it.這條床單上有個破洞。 ■ rip (-pp- [transitive , intransitive ] to tear sth or become torn, often suddenly or violently （常突然或猛烈地）撕破，裂開 ◆ The flag had been ripped in two.那面旗子被撕成兩半。 ◆ I heard the tent rip.我聽到帳篷裂開的聲音。 ◆ A bullet ripped into his shoulder.一顆子彈射進了他的肩膀。 ◆ The nail ripped a hole in my jacket.釘子把我的夾克劃開一個洞。 ▸ rip ◆ The jacket had a rip in the sleeve.夾克袖子上破了一道口子。 NOTE 辨析 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動作更劇烈。這兩個動詞，尤其是rip，通常與介詞或副詞連用，顯示東西被撕開時的劇烈動作。 ■ 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 （織物或木頭受力）裂開；使（織物或木頭）裂開 ◆ Her dress had split along the seam.她的連衣裙順着接縫裂開了。 ◆ The cushion split open and sent feathers everywhere.墊子撕破了，羽毛掉得到處都是。 ◆ I was put to work splitting wood for the fire.我給指派去把木頭劈成柴火。 ■ shred (-dd- [transitive ] to cut or tear paper, fabric or vegetables into lots of small pieces 切碎，撕碎（紙、織物或蔬菜） ◆ Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce.先鋪一層碎生菜葉，再把魚放上，就可以上桌了。 ◆ He was accused of shredding documents relating to the case.他被指控用碎紙機銷毀了與此案有關的文件。 ⓘ Shredding shredder or shredding machine ; if you do it with your hands you tear/rip it up . 碎紙機稱爲shredder或shredding machine；如果用手將紙撕碎可以說tear/rip it up。 shred ⇨ fragment noun ■ ˌpull sth aˈpart to separate sth into pieces by pulling different parts of it in different directions 拆散；拆卸；撕成幾塊 ◆ The wolves will pull the carcass apart.那些狼會將動物屍體撕開。 ◆ It is wise to pull the gearbox apart only when absolutely necessary.只有在絕對必要的情況下才拆卸變速箱，這才是明智之舉。 ⓘ Pulling sth apart * pull sth apart可能會使用武力或暴力，但並非總是如此。
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To tear something, or to be torn: tear, rip, rip up...
To make a hole, dent or line in something: tear, pierce, pit...
To injure yourself or someone else: injure, harm, wound...
Relating to muscles and tendons: cartilaginous, contract, motor...
To move somewhere quickly: fly, hasten, speed...
To remove by pulling: pull, snatch, rip...
Relating to crying and tears: tear, cry, tearful...
Holes and openings in surfaces: abyss, aperture, blowhole...
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