torture 音标拼音: [t'ɔrtʃɚ]
n . 拷打,拷问;折磨;歪曲,曲解
vt . 拷打,拷问;折磨,使痛苦;歪曲,曲解
拷打,拷问;折磨;歪曲,曲解拷打,拷问;折磨,使痛苦;歪曲,曲解
torture n 1 :
extreme mental distress [
synonym : {
anguish }, {
torment },
{
torture }]
2 :
unbearable physical pain [
synonym : {
torture }, {
torment }]
3 :
intense feelings of suffering ;
acute mental or physical pain ;
"
an agony of doubt "; "
the torments of the damned " [
synonym :
{
agony }, {
torment }, {
torture }]
4 :
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean [
synonym : {
distortion },
{
overrefinement }, {
straining }, {
torture }, {
twisting }]
5 :
the deliberate ,
systematic ,
or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason ; "
it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession " [
synonym : {
torture },
{
torturing }]
v 1 :
torment emotionally or mentally [
synonym : {
torment }, {
torture },
{
excruciate }, {
rack }]
2 :
subject to torture ; "
The sinners will be tormented in Hell ,
according to the Bible " [
synonym : {
torture }, {
excruciate },
{
torment }]
torture \
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tortured }
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1 .
To put to torture ;
to pain extremely ;
to harass ;
to vex .
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2 .
To punish with torture ;
to put to the rack ;
as ,
to torture an accused person . --
Shak .
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3 .
To wrest from the proper meaning ;
to distort . --
Jar .
Taylor .
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4 .
To keep on the stretch ,
as a bow . [
Obs .]
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The bow tortureth the string . --
Bacon .
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Torture \
Tor "
ture \ (
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o ]
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t [-
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n . [
F .,
fr .
L .
tortura ,
fr .
torquere ,
tortum ,
to twist ,
rack ,
torture ;
probably akin to Gr .
tre `
pein to turn ,
G .
drechseln to turn on a lathe ,
and perhaps to E .
queer .
Cf . {
Contort }, {
Distort }, {
Extort },
{
Retort }, {
Tart },
n ., {
Torch }, {
Torment }, {
Tortion }, {
Tort },
{
Trope .}]
1 .
Extreme pain ;
anguish of body or mind ;
pang ;
agony ;
torment ;
as ,
torture of mind . --
Shak .
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Ghastly spasm or racking torture . --
Milton .
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2 .
Especially ,
severe pain inflicted judicially ,
either as punishment for a crime ,
or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person ,
as by water or fire ,
by the boot or thumbkin ,
or by the rack or wheel .
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3 .
The act or process of torturing .
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Torture ,
which had always been deciared illegal ,
and which had recently been declared illegal even by the servile judges of that age ,
was inflicted for the last time in England in the month of May ,
1640 .
--
Macaulay .
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206 Moby Thesaurus words for "
torture ":
Procrustean bed ,
abuse ,
afflict ,
aggrieve ,
agonize ,
agonizingness ,
agony ,
ail ,
anguish ,
atrocious pain ,
bed of Procrustes ,
befoul ,
bewitch ,
bias ,
bite ,
blight ,
bloody ,
boot ,
burn ,
chafe ,
claw ,
clawing ,
color ,
condemn ,
confinement ,
contort ,
convulse ,
corrupt ,
cruciation ,
crucifixion ,
crucify ,
curse ,
cut ,
damage ,
defile ,
deprave ,
desolate ,
desolateness ,
desolation ,
despoil ,
destroy ,
disadvantage ,
dismember ,
dismemberment ,
disserve ,
distort ,
distress ,
do a mischief ,
do evil ,
do ill ,
do wrong ,
do wrong by ,
doom ,
draw and quarter ,
envenom ,
estrapade ,
excruciate ,
excruciatingness ,
excruciation ,
fester ,
fret ,
gall ,
galleys ,
garble ,
get into trouble ,
get one wrong ,
get wrong ,
give pain ,
gloss ,
gnaw ,
grate ,
grill ,
grind ,
gripe ,
harass ,
hard labor ,
harm ,
harrow ,
heartbreak ,
heartsickness ,
hell ,
hell upon earth ,
hex ,
holocaust ,
horror ,
hurt ,
impair ,
impale ,
impalement ,
imprisonment ,
incarceration ,
infect ,
inflame ,
inflict pain ,
injure ,
iron heel ,
irritate ,
jailing ,
jinx ,
keelhaul ,
keelhauling ,
kill by inches ,
lacerate ,
laceration ,
lancinate ,
lancination ,
macerate ,
maim ,
maltreat ,
mangle ,
martyr ,
martyrdom ,
martyrization ,
martyrize ,
menace ,
misapply ,
misapprehend ,
miscite ,
misconceive ,
misconstrue ,
misdeem ,
misdirect ,
misexplain ,
misexplicate ,
misexpound ,
misinterpret ,
misjudge ,
misquote ,
misread ,
misrender ,
misrepresent ,
misshape ,
mistake ,
mistranslate ,
mistreat ,
misunderstand ,
misuse ,
molest ,
mutilate ,
nightmare ,
nip ,
oppress ,
outrage ,
pain ,
passion ,
penal servitude ,
persecute ,
persecution ,
pervert ,
picket ,
picketing ,
pierce ,
pinch ,
play havoc with ,
play hob with ,
poison ,
pollute ,
prejudice ,
prick ,
prolong the agony ,
punish ,
purgatory ,
put to torture ,
rack ,
railriding ,
rankle ,
rasp ,
rip ,
rock pile ,
rub ,
savage ,
scarify ,
scarpines ,
scathe ,
screw ,
slant ,
smite ,
squeeze ,
stab ,
sting ,
strain ,
strain the sense ,
strappado ,
taint ,
tar and feather ,
tar -
and -
feathering ,
the gantlet ,
threaten ,
thumbscrew ,
torment ,
tormentingness ,
torturousness ,
try ,
tweak ,
twist ,
twist the words ,
varnish ,
violate ,
warp ,
wheel ,
wind ,
wound ,
wreak havoc on ,
wrench ,
wring ,
wrong
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