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🔑teartear1 /tɪr / noun [countable, usually plural] a drop of water that comes from your eye when you are crying, etc.眼泪；泪水；泪珠◆She wiped away his tears.她擦掉了他的眼泪。◆I was in tears (= crying) at the end of the movie.电影结束时我哭了。◆The little girl burst into tears (= suddenly started to cry).那个小女孩突然大哭起来。
🔑teartear2 /tɛr / verb (past tense tore /tɔr / , past participle torn /tɔrn /)- [intransitive, transitive] to damage something by pulling it apart or into pieces; to become damaged in this way撕；扯碎；撕破◆I tore my shirt on that nail.我的衬衫被那颗钉子挂破了。◆She tore the letter in half.她把信撕成两半。◆I tore a page out of my notebook.我从笔记本上撕下一页。◆This material doesn't tear easily.这种料子不容易撕破。 SYN rip
- [transitive] to make a hole in something by force戳，撕开（洞）◆The blast tore a hole in the wall.墙被炸开了个洞。
- [transitive] to remove something by pulling it violently and quickly扯下；撕下；夺走◆Paul tore the poster down from the wall.保罗把海报从墙上扯了下来。
- [intransitive] to move very quickly in a particular direction, often in a careless way疾驰；狂奔；飞跑◆Katy went tearing through the kitchen and out the door.凯蒂穿过厨房冲出门外。
 ●tear sth apart- to pull something violently into pieces撕开；将…扯碎◆The bird was torn apart by the two dogs.那只鸟被两条狗撕碎了。
- to cause serious problems in a place, an organization, etc.使（某地、某组织等）产生严重问题◆Crime is tearing our communities apart.犯罪正严重危害着我们的社区。
●tear yourself away (from sb / sth)to make yourself leave someone or something or stop doing something忍痛离开；恋恋不舍地停止◆Tim can't tear himself away from that computer game.蒂姆沉迷于那个电脑游戏中，无法自拔。●be torn between A and Bto find it difficult to choose between two things or people左右为难；难以取舍●tear sth downto destroy a building拆毁，拆除（建筑物）◆They tore down the old houses and built a shopping mall.他们将那些老房子拆掉，建了一个购物中心。●tear sth upto pull something (usually something made of paper) into pieces撕碎，撕毁（尤指纸质物品）◆“I hate this photo,” she said, tearing it up.“我讨厌这张照片。”她一边说，一边把它撕了。
🔑teartear3 /tɛr / noun [countable] a hole in paper, cloth, etc. that is caused by tearing破洞；裂口；裂缝 ●wear and tearthe damage caused by ordinary use（正常使用造成的）破损，磨损 |