Word · Frequency #21922
tormentor
折磨者；使人痛苦的人（或事物）
a person or thing that causes suffering or torment
- 1.
One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.
折磨者；造成痛苦的人、动物或物体。
- 2.
Something abstract that causes suffering.
造成痛苦的抽象事物。
- 3.
One of a pair of narrow curtains just behind the front curtain and teaser that mask the areas on the sides of the stage and can be adjusted to the desired width.
位于前幕和横幅后面的窄帘之一,用于遮挡舞台两侧区域,并可调整到所需宽度。
- 4.
An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
一种用于松土的工具,类似于耙子,但有轮子。
舞台侧幕；轮式碎土耙；折磨者；造成痛苦的人、动物或物体。；造成痛苦的抽象事物。；位于前幕和横幅后面的窄帘之一,用于遮挡舞台两侧区域,并可调整到所需宽度。
In use
The new manager quickly became the team's tormentor, calling meetings at odd hours and criticizing every small mistake.
A single mosquito can be a real tormentor on a hot summer night.
The old printer is the office's most familiar tormentor, jamming every time we need a document quickly.
someone's tormentor
常与物主代词连用，表示“折磨某人的人或事物”。
She finally stood up to her tormentor.
她终于勇敢地面对折磨她的人。
a tormentor of [sb/sth]
用 of 引出被折磨的对象；也可指抽象的折磨源。
The disease is a tormentor of the elderly.
这种疾病是折磨老年人的东西。
the tormentors
戏剧用语，指舞台两侧的窄幕，常用复数形式。
Connections
Collocations
- schoolyard tormentor
- 校园欺凌者
- She had not spoken to her schoolyard tormentor for twenty years.她已经有二十年没和当年欺凌她的人说过话了。
- chief tormentor
- 主要的折磨者
- The memoir describes him as the chief tormentor of his younger siblings.回忆录把他描述为弟弟妹妹们的主要折磨者。
- relentless tormentor
- 无情的折磨者
- The disease proved a relentless tormentor, disrupting every aspect of her daily life.这种病被证明是无情的折磨者，扰乱了她日常生活的方方面面。
- tormentor curtain
- 舞台侧幕
- The crew adjusted the tormentor curtains to narrow the stage opening.工作人员调整了舞台侧幕以收窄台口。
Pop culture & quotes
- And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 mentor（导师）开头的 men 换成 tor，良师就变成折磨你的 tormentor（折磨者）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary works、news articles、formal essays 此处分析常见义“折磨者（使人痛苦的人或事物）”：该词通常用于书面语、文学或新闻报道，语域偏正式；日常口语中较少单用。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 tormentor 押韵的词有 inventor /ɪnˈvɛntə/、centre /ˈsɛntə/、enter /ˈɛntə/，它们的重读元音和后续辅音都是 /-ɛntə/。注意拼写相似的 mentor /ˈmɛntɔː/ 末尾是 /ɔː/ 而非 /ə/，doctor /ˈdɒktə/ 和 actor /ˈæktə/ 虽是 -tor 结尾，但重读元音和辅音都与目标词不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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