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英 [rend]

美 [rend]

v.  撕开; 撕碎

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BNC.34294 / COCA.27164

牛津词典

verb

• 撕开；撕碎
  to tear sth apart with force or violence
  1. They rent their clothes in grief.
     他们在悲痛之中扯碎了自己的衣服。
  2. a country rent in two by civil war
     被内战一分为二的国家
  3. Loud screams rent the air.
     高声的尖叫划破了天空。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 撕碎;撕裂;扯破
  Torendsomething means to tear it.
  1. ...pain that rends the heart.
     钻心的疼痛
  2. ...a twisted urge to rend and tear.
     反常的狂乱撕扯的冲动
• VERB (声音)响彻，刺破
  If a loud soundrendsthe air, it is sudden and violent.
  1. He bellows, rends the air with anguish.
     他咆哮着，痛苦的喊声划破长空。
• See also:heart-rending

英英释义

verb

• tear or be torn violently
  1. The curtain ripped from top to bottom
  2. pull the cooked chicken into strips
  Synonym:riprivepull

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