rip

英 [r?p] 美[r?p]

近義詞tear cut

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復(fù)數(shù):?rips;第三人稱單數(shù):?rips;過去式:?ripped;過去分詞:?ripped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?ripping;

1、rip與詞根rupt-/rump-具有某種同源性。
2、rupt-/rump- => rip. rip => rupt-/rump-.
3. 諧音“裂破、銳破”。

rip 撕破，撕裂，拉開

來自 Proto-Germanic*ruppona,撕，拉，來自 PIE*reup,拉，扯，搶奪，詞源同 rob,rupture.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

rip (v.): "tear apart," c. 1400, probably of North Sea Germanic origin (compare Flemish rippen "strip off roughly," Frisian rippe "to tear, rip") or else from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish reppa, Danish rippe "to tear, rip"). In either case, from Proto-Germanic *rupjan-, from PIE root *reup-, *reub- "to snatch." Meaning "to slash open" is from 1570s. Related: Ripped; ripping.
In garments we rip along the line at which they were sewed; we tear the texture of the cloth. ... Rend implies great force or violence. [Century Dictionary]
Meaning "to move with slashing force" (1798) is the sense in let her rip, American English colloquial phrase attested from 1853. The noun is attested from 1711. The parachutist's rip cord (1911) originally was a device in ballooning to open a panel and release air.
rip (n.1): "rough water," 1775, perhaps a special use of rip (v.). Originally of seas; application to rivers is from 1828.
rip (n.2): "thing of little value," 1815, earlier "inferior or worn-out horse" (1778), perhaps altered from slang rep (1747) "man of loose character; vicious, reckless and worthless person," which itself is perhaps short for reprobate (n.).

1. Underneath this image of normalcy, addiction threatened to rip this family apart.: 在這一切正常的表象下潛伏的是將使這個家庭四分五裂的毒癮。

2. "Yaaaaaaa," Carla let rip with the cry of the Valkyries.: “呀——”卡拉放開喉嚨，發(fā)出女武神瓦爾基里一般的嘶喊聲。

3. I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions.: 當(dāng)我們被推向相反的方向時，我感覺橫幅被撕裂了。