| 单词 |
tear |
| 例句 |
tear verb | noun
1 verb 1.•I tore up the letter:rip up, rip in two, pull to pieces, shred. 2.•his flesh was torn:lacerate, cut (open), gash, slash, scratch, hack, pierce, stab | injure, wound. 3.•the traumas tore her family apart :divide, split, sever, break up, disunite, rupture | literary rend, sunder, cleave. ANT unite. 4.•Gina tore the book from his hands:snatch, grab, seize, rip, wrench, wrest, pull, pluck | informal yank. 5.informal •Jack tore down the street:sprint, race, run, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, bolt, fly, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, careen, speed, whiz, zoom, go like lightning, go like the wind | informal pelt, scoot, hotfoot it, belt, zip, whip, bomb, hightail it. ANT stroll, amble.▶noun •a tear in her dress:rip, hole, split, slash, slit | snag. PHRASES
tear down •they tore down the old barn:demolish, knock down, raze, raze to the ground, flatten, level, bulldoze | dismantle, disassemble.
2 noun •tears in her eyes:teardrop | drop, droplet. PHRASES
in tears •he was nearly in tears:crying, weeping, sobbing, wailing, howling, bawling, whimpering | tearful, upset | informal weepy, teary, blubbering. WORD LINKSlachrymal relating to tearslachrymose tending to cry easily or causing tearsWord Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms. |
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