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

Torture \Tor"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tortured} (?; 135); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Torturing.}] [Cf. F. Torturer. ]
   1. To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.

   2. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture
      an accused person. --Shak.

   3. To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort. --Jar.
      Taylor.

   4. To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs.]

            The bow tortureth the string.         --Bacon.

资料来源 : WordNet®

tortured
     adj 1: subjected to intense pain; "hundreds of tortured prisoners"
     2: experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an
        anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a
        tortured witness to another's humiliation" [syn: {anguished},
         {tormented}]