rip

英 [rɪp] 美[rɪp]

近义词tear cut

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复数: rips;第三人称单数: rips;过去式: ripped;过去分词: ripped;现在分词: ripping;

1、rip与词根rupt-/rump-具有某种同源性。
2、rupt-/rump- => rip. rip => rupt-/rump-.
3. 谐音“裂破、锐破”。

rip 撕破，撕裂，拉开

来自 Proto-Germanic*ruppona,撕，拉，来自 PIE*reup,拉，扯，抢夺，词源同 rob,rupture.引申诸相关词义。

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.: 在这一切正常的表象下潜伏的是将使这个家庭四分五裂的毒瘾。

2. "Yaaaaaaa," Carla let rip with the cry of the Valkyries.: “呀——”卡拉放开喉咙，发出女武神瓦尔基里一般的嘶喊声。

3. I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions.: 当我们被推向相反的方向时，我感觉横幅被撕裂了。