tear 1/teə(r)/
vt., vi.tore, torn, tearing1. （常与up连用）撕扯；撕裂；撕破；撕毁to tear up the letter撕毁一封信
He tore his trousers.他撕破了裤子。
2. 撕成；扯成to tear a hole扯了一个洞
3. 撕掉to tear some of the papers out of the book把书撕掉了好几页
4. （常与away, off, at连用）忍痛离开，迅速走掉5. 破；裂This material tears easily.这种料子很容易撕破。
6. 使分裂；使受折磨a country torn apart by war被战争弄得四分五裂的国家
7. 飞奔；狂跑The children were tearing about in the garden.孩子们在花园里四处奔跑。