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tear-off

/tair-awf, -of/US // ˈtɛərˌɔf, -ˌɒf //UK // (tɛə) //

撕毁,撕掉,撕下,撕纸

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : designed to be easily removed by tearing, usually along a perforated line: a sales letter with a tear-off order blank.

Examples

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

  • The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.

  • Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

  • Louis turned at the exclamation, and looked on the faithful servant; but no tear was in his eye, no sound on his lip.

  • By what word is the relation between “pendulum” and “a smile and tear” described?

  • In the tear-stained story of humanity there has never been aught to surpass the thrilling record of Cawnpore.

  • In a short time you will be able, in the language of Dr. Johnson, “to tear out the heart of any book.”