torment1
KK: [ˈtɒrˌmɛnt]
DJ: [ˈtɒːmеnt]
n.
- 痛苦;苦惱[U][P]
He suffered
torments from a bad burn.
他因嚴重燒傷而受痛苦。
- 痛苦(或苦惱)的根源[C][(+to)]
She is a real
torment to me.
她真是令我苦惱。
torment2
KK: [tɒrˈmɛnt]
DJ: [tɒːˈmеnt]
vt.
- 使痛苦,折磨;煩擾[(+with)]
The guards were accused of
tormenting the prisoners.
監獄看守被指控折磨囚犯。
- 糾纏;作弄
She
torments everyone with her silly questions.
她用那些愚蠢的問題糾纏每一個人。
- 歪曲
衍生
辨析
n.
severe physical or mental suffering.
▸a cause of torment.
v.
- subject to torment.
- annoy or tease unkindly.
Derivative
- tormented adj.
- tormentedly adv.
- tormenting adj.
- tormentingly adv.
- tormentor n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. torment (n.), tormenter (v.), from L. tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, from torquere ‘to twist’.