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(pt, pp rent ) (arch or fml 古或文)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
tear (sth) apart forcibly; split (用力)撕開或撕裂(某物); 使分離
rend one's garments, eg (formerly) to show grief or frustration 撕扯自己的衣服(如在舊時表示悲痛或失意之舉)
The tiger rent its prey to pieces. 老虎把獵物撕成碎塊.
a country rent in two by civil war 由於內戰而分裂為兩部分的國家
The stone was rent asunder/apart. 那石塊碎裂了.
(fig 比喻) Loud cries rent the air. 吼聲沖破云霄.
heart-rending appeals for help 令人心碎的求助.
2 [Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (from sb/sth) pull or wrench sb/sth violently 猛拉或猛奪某人[某物]
Children were rent from their mothers' arms by the brutal soldiers. 兇殘的士兵把孩子們從母親的懷抱中奪走了.