torture
/ˈtɔrtʃɚ/
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n./v. 折磨；拷打
- Waiting three hours for a delayed flight with a crying baby was pure torture. 帶著一直哭的寶寶等延誤的班機三個小時，簡直是折磨。
其他意思
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n. 酷刑, 折磨
If you say that something is torture or a torture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering.[INFORMAL]
- Waiting for the result was torture
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v. 拷打, 折磨
If someone is tortured, another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information.
- French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed
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tor, tort, tors 扭轉
tort + ure扭轉 + 名詞