- 1撕裂；扯裂
To rend something is to tear it or pull it apart with force — clothes, a sail, a curtain, a tree in a storm. It is an old, strong, rather literary verb. In everyday talk we say tear or rip. You still meet rend in stories, in the Bible, and in fixed phrases: a scream that rends the air; pain that rends your heart (which gives us heart-rending, meaning so sad it feels like it tears you). The old past form is rent: “he rent his clothes.” Though actually, a rent can also mean a tear or hole, and that noun does come from this verb. Do not mix this up with rent meaning money you pay for a house — that only looks the same.
組成From Middle English renden, from Old English rendan, “to tear.” Older origin is uncertain.
同家族的字
- rentold past form of rend, and also a noun for a tear — not the money you pay for a house
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
rendverb/ɹɛnd/
- 1
To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
- Powder rends a rock in blasting.
- Lightning rends an oak.
- 2
To violently disturb the peace of; to throw into chaos.
- a scream that rent the air
- We are most vulnerable now to the messages of the new subcults, to the claims and counterclaims that rend the air.
- 3
To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
- A time to rent, and a time to sow: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.
- And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
- 4
To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
- Relationships may rend if tempers flare.
rendnoun/ɹɛnd/
- 1
A violent separation of parts.
- She'd been in a couple of minor car accidents herself, and witnessed a few others, and the rend of metal was unforgettable.
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