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lacerate

/verb las-uh-reyt; adjective las-uh-reyt, -er-it/US // verb ˈlæs əˌreɪt; adjective ˈlæs əˌreɪt, -ər ɪt //

撕裂,撕裂伤,撕裂性,撕裂性的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    lac·er·at·ed, lac·er·at·ing.

    • : to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
    • : to distress or torture mentally or emotionally; wound deeply; pain greatly: His bitter criticism lacerated my heart.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacerated.

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Examples

  • Creator Meredith Scardino freely borrows executive producer Tina Fey’s breakneck comic pacing and lacerating feminist critiques, especially when it comes to the damage wrought on women in the spotlight.

  • He broke his leg as a sophomore, lacerated a kidney as a junior, turned pro anyway — and had to wait to celebrate.

  • “Rails” and “lacerate,” two other words swiftly elected for pillory, were classic Tejpal, overblown, mannered, theatrical.

  • Women shall not lacerate their faces, nor indulge in immoderate wailing for the dead.

  • These spurs do not lacerate the horse, as their points are blunt.

  • Zoe trotted away with her head up, carrying the kitten very carefully lest her teeth should lacerate its tender skin.

  • She was like a wounded animal that longs to strike, to tear with its claws, to lacerate and leave bleeding.

  • Human souls were never made to do penance, to lacerate and torment themselves in worship or duty.