torment
torment 英 [ˈtɔ:ment] 美 [ˈtɔrment]
vt. 折磨，痛苦 n. 折磨，痛苦
进行时:tormenting 过去式:tormented 过去分词:tormented 第三人称单数:torments 名词复数:torments
- By repeatedly trying to make someone miserable you torment them. The noun torment is the result of the verb torment.
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- vt. 折磨，痛苦
- n. 折磨，痛苦
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1. the cries of a man in torment
一个备受折磨的人的喊叫声
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2. The flies were a terrible torment.
苍蝇一度肆虐。
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3. She suffered years of mental torment after her son's death.
儿子去世后，她多年悲痛欲绝。
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4. He was tormented by feelings of insecurity.
他苦于没有安全感。
- torment (n.) c. 1300, "the inflicting of torture," also "state of great suffering, pain, distress," from Old French torment "torture, pain, anguish, suffering distress" (11c., Modern French tourment), from Latin tormentum "twisted cord, sling; clothes-press; instrument for hurling stones," also "instrument of torture, a rack," figuratively "anguish, pain, torment," from torquere "to twist" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist").
- torment (v.) c. 1300, "inflict torture on, distress," from Old French tormenter "torture, torment, oppress, agitate" (12c.), from Medieval Latin tormentare "to torment, to twist," from Latin tormentum "twisted cord, sling; clothes-press; instrument for hurling stones," also "instrument of torture, a rack," figuratively "anguish, pain, torment," from torquere "to twist" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist"). Related: Tormented; tormenting.
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