tear
名詞
定義 tear 名詞
damage
- Countable
A split or opening in paper, cloth, or other material, resulting from being torn.
動詞
定義 tear 動詞
separate
- B1TransitiveIntransitive
To separate or be separated by force; to pull apart or into pieces.
Be gentle with this old book; its pages are very fragile and can tear easily.
My skirt caught on the chair and tore when I stood up.
Several pages were ripped out of the book.
move
- IntransitiveVerb + adv/prepinformal
To move or go somewhere very quickly or in a hurried manner.
He was tearing down the street, trying to catch the bus.
She tore out of the house after seeing the dog run from the yard.
I tore down the stairs to open the door when I heard someone knocking.
成語
- tear your hair out
To be extremely worried, frustrated, or upset about something.
• He was tearing his hair out over the approaching deadline.
- be in a tearing hurry
To be moving very quickly and urgently towards a destination, often due to being late.
• He looked like he was in a tearing hurry; he must have been late.
- tear a strip off someone
To criticize someone severely and angrily, often making them feel ashamed or reprimanded.
• The supervisor tore a strip off the employee when he discovered the mistake.
- tear someone's heart out
To cause someone to feel extreme sadness or emotional pain.
• When she learned that her best friend was moving overseas, it tore her heart out.
片語動詞 tear
- tear something apart
to pull something apart with force, causing it to break into multiple pieces
• The kids tore the paper apart into many small pieces.
- tear something down
to deliberately demolish a building or structure due to its lack of use or it being no longer desired
• The city council decided to tear down the old school since it was no longer in use.
- tear something off
to swiftly and casually take off your clothing
• She tore off her jacket quickly in the bowling alley.
- tear something up
to rip paper into numerous small fragments
• She tore up the letter into tiny pieces when she got angry.
- tear off
to depart expeditiously
• He suddenly decided to tear off, so he left in a hurry.
- tear up
to have tears well up in your eyes, nearly leading to crying, due to experiencing intense emotions
• At her graduation ceremony, she couldn't help but tear up when her family presented her with a letter.
- tear into something
to commence an activity with vigor and enthusiasm
• He tore into his painting with great enthusiasm, immersing himself completely.
- tear someone/something apart
to severely criticize an individual or entity
• The critics tore his speech apart without mercy.
- tear someone apart
to cause someone to feel extremely unhappy or distressed
• Her criticism tore him apart.
- tear someone away
to compel someone to cease doing something pleasurable, often because there is a need to go elsewhere or attend to another task
• She was engrossed in her book, but the phone forced her to leave it. When I tried to tear her away from the book, she was quite upset.
- tear into someone/something
to strongly criticize an individual or a matter
• During the meeting, the manager tore into the project's progress.