tear 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのtearの意味

• 0 to pull paper, cloth, etc. into pieces, or to make a hole in it by accident -- ～を引き裂く, ～を破る

  • The nail tore a hole in my skirt.

• 1 to be unable to decide between two choices -- ～と～の間で迷う, ～にすべきか～にすべきか悩む

  • I’m torn between the apple pie and the chocolate biscuit.

• 2 a hole in a piece of cloth, paper, etc. where it has been torn -- （布や紙などの）破れ目, 裂け目

• 3 a drop of water that comes from your eye when you cry -- 涙

  • I was in tears (= crying) by the end of the movie.

  • She burst into tears (= started crying) when she heard the news.