tear1/tɛr; teə/v past tense tore /tɔr; tɔː/past participle torn /tɔrn; tɔːn/present participle tearing 1 [T] if you tear paper, cloth etc, or if it tears, you make a hole in it or it breaks into small pieces [→ rip](被)撕破﹔(被)扯破: Be careful the bag doesn’t tear. 小心别把包弄破。I’ve torn my trousers. 我把裤子弄破了。tear sth off Tear off the slip at the bottom of the page. 把这页纸底部的回条撕下来。tear sth out (of sth) Someone had torn the last two pages out of the book. 有人把这本书的最后两页撕下来了。tear sth to pieces/shreds She tore his letter to pieces. 她把他的信撕成碎片。see box at见 BREAK1and 和 REMOVE 方框2 [I] to move quickly in a dangerous or careless way 疾驰﹐飞奔﹐飞跑: +around/into/out of etc The kids were tearing round the house. 孩子们在房子里乱跑。see box at见 RUN1 方框3 be torn if you are torn, you cannot decide which of two things you should do 左右为难﹐难以取舍: +between Anne was torn between her love for Alex and her duty. 安妮在她对亚历克斯的爱和她的责任之间挣扎。4 be tearing your hair outinformal to feel very anxious or upset【非正式】〔对某事〕极其烦恼[忧虑]tear sb/sth apart phr v to make people argue or fight with each other 使分裂﹐使分崩离析: a country torn apart by civil war 被内战搞得四分五裂的国家tear sb away phr v to force yourself or someone else to leave a place 使依依不舍地离开: I was having so much fun I could hardly tear myself away. 我正在兴头上﹐舍不得离开。 tear sth down phr v to deliberately destroy a building 拆除﹐拆毁〔建筑物〕: The old school has been torn down. 旧校舍被拆毁了。 tear into sbphr v informal to criticize someone strongly【非正式】痛斥﹐猛烈批评〔某人〕tear sth off phr v to remove something roughly 迅速脱掉: He tore off his wet clothes. 他扒下了湿衣服。 tear sth up phr v 1 to tear paper into a lot of small pieces 把〔纸〕撕碎2 if you tear up an agreement, contract etc, you refuse to accept it 撕毁〔协议﹑合同等〕
tear2/tIr; tIə/n [C usually plural 一般用复数] a drop of liquid that falls from your eye when you cry 眼泪﹐泪水: She had tears in her eyes . 她眼里噙着泪水。The children were in tears (=crying). 孩子们都哭了。Brian burst into tears (=started to cry). 布莱恩哭了起来。He was close to tears (=almost crying). 他快要哭出来了。We all shed a few tears . 我们都掉了几滴眼泪。
tear3/tɛr; teə/n [C] a hole in a piece of cloth or paper where it has torn〔纸﹑布等的〕破洞﹐裂口: +in There was a big tear in the sheet. 床单上有个大洞。