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uptorn

/uhp-tawrn, -tohrn/US // ʌpˈtɔrn, -ˈtoʊrn //

丑陋的,丑角,丑恶的,丑陋

Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : past participle of uptear.

Examples

  • It may and should from time to time be amended to suit a change of circumstances, but never exposed to the danger of being uptorn.

  • Under that staggering blow men collapsed in dozens, crushed by the weight of uptorn earth or blown to fragments.

  • The bole of an uptorn gum tree spanned a half-moon depression at the verge of the spring.

  • Not that I liked changes, for heart vines bleed freely when uptorn, and friendship's stocks cannot be bought on margin.

  • Two of them belonged to the ration-party, and the others were Tommies who had been engaged in relaying the uptorn line.