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tear的过去式

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tear \Tear\ (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[=o]r), ((Obs.
   {Tare}) (t[^a]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to
   destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear,
   zehren to consume, Icel. t[ae]ra, Goth. gata['i]ran to
   destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear,
   Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [root]63. Cf. {Darn},
   {Epidermis}, {Tarre}, {Tirade}.]
   1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend;
      to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear
      the skin or flesh.

            Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak.

   2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend;
      as, a party or government torn by factions.

   3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to
      sunder; as, a child torn from its home.

            The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison.

   4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.

   5. To move violently; to agitate. ``Once I loved torn ocean's
      roar.'' --Byron.

   {To tear a cat}, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially
      applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak.

   {To tear down}, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down.
      

   {To tear off}, to pull off by violence; to strip.

   {To tear out}, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear
      out the eyes.

   {To tear up}, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by
      violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the
      foundation of government or order.

Tore \Tore\,
   imp. of {Tear}.

Tore \Tore\, n. [Probably from the root of tear; cf. W. t['o]r a
   break, cut, t['o]ri to break, cut.]
   The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and
   spring. [Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.

Tore \Tore\, n. [See {Torus}.]
   1. (Arch.) Same as {Torus}.

   2. (Geom.)
      (a) The surface described by the circumference of a circle
          revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
      (b) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes
          called an {anchor ring}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

tear
     n 1: a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the
          lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
          [syn: {teardrop}]
     2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
        rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
        {rip}, {rent}, {snag}, {split}]
     3: an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on
        a bust that lasted three days" [syn: {bust}, {binge}, {bout}]
     4: the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands
        and gave it a mighty tear"
     [also: {torn}, {tore}]

tear
     v 1: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped";
          "tear the paper" [syn: {rupture}, {snap}, {bust}]
     2: to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger
        of being torn from the crossbars"
     3: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street";
        "He came charging into my office" [syn: {shoot}, {shoot
        down}, {charge}, {buck}]
     4: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
         {pluck}, {pull}, {deplume}, {deplumate}, {displume}]
     5: fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
     [also: {torn}, {tore}]

tore
     n : commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn: {torus}]

tore
     See {tear}