1. 眼泪;泪水;泪珠
    Tears are the drops of salty liquid that come out of your eyes when you are crying.

    e.g. Her eyes filled with tears...
           她双眼噙满泪水。
    e.g. I just broke down and wept with tears of joy...
           我一下子禁不住喜极而泣。

2. 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.

tear什么意思

    e.g. He was in floods of tears on the phone...
           他在电话里失声痛哭。
    e.g. She burst into tears and ran from the kitchen...
           她突然哭了，跑出了厨房。

3. see also: crocodile tears;sweat;and tears
    blood -> see blood

1. 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.

    e.g. She very nearly tore my overcoat...
           她差点把我的大衣扯破了。
    e.g. Mary Ann tore the edge off her napkin...
           玛丽·安撕掉了餐巾的边儿。

2. (纸、布等的)破洞，窟窿
    A tear in paper, cloth, or another material is a hole that has been made in it.

    e.g. I peered through a tear in the van's curtains.
           我通过篷车帘子的破洞窥视。

3. 撕裂，撕开，划破(皮肉)
    If something tears your flesh or skin, it cuts it badly.

    e.g. Canine teeth are for piercing and killing prey, and tearing flesh...
           犬齿用来咬穿、咬死猎物，还可以撕肉。
    e.g. He had stumbled down and torn the skin from his knees.
           他绊倒在地，膝盖上蹭破了皮。

4. (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.

tear的翻译

    e.g. He tore a muscle in his right thigh...
           他右大腿的一块肌肉拉伤了。
    e.g. If the muscle is stretched again it could even tear.
           这块肌肉要是再拉伸的话，甚至可能会撕裂。

5. 撕掉;扯去;拔掉
    To tear something from somewhere means to remove it roughly and violently.

    e.g. She tore the windscreen wipers from his car...
           她猛地扯掉他车上的雨刷。
    e.g. He tore down the girl's photograph, and crumpled it into a ball.
           他一把扯下那女孩的照片，将它揉成一团。

6. (人、动物)撕扯，撕咬
    If a person or animal tears at something, they pull it violently and try to break it into pieces.

    e.g. Female fans fought their way past bodyguards and tore at his clothes.
           女粉丝冲破保安的阻拦，撕扯他的衣裳。

7. (常指失控或危险地)奔，冲，闯
    If you tear somewhere, you move there very quickly, often in an uncontrolled or dangerous way.

    e.g. The door flew open and Miranda tore into the room...
           门猛地开了，米兰达闯进房间。
    e.g. Without looking to left or to right, he tore off down the road.
           他也不朝两边看，就在路上开始狂奔。

8. 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.

    e.g. ...a country that has been torn by civil war and foreign invasion since its independence.
           自独立以来就饱受内战和外敌入侵之苦的国家

9. see also: torn;wear and tear. to tear a strip off
     -> see strip
    to tear someone to pieces -> see piece
    to tear someone to shreds -> see shred

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