rip
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rip1 /rɪp/ ●●○ S3 verb (ripped, ripping) 1 [intransitive, transitive]TEAR to tear something or be torn quickly and violently 撕，扯；被撕裂，被扯开 Her clothes had all been ripped. 她的衣服都被撕破了。 The sails ripped under the force of the wind. 船帆被狂风刮破了。 Impatiently, Sue ripped the letter open. 休急不可待地撕开信封。► see thesaurus at tear2 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]REMOVE to remove something quickly and violently, using your hands 猛力扯去rip something out/off/away/down Gilly ripped out a sheet of paper from her notebook. 吉莉从她的笔记本上撕下一页纸。 The buttons had been ripped off. 纽扣被扯掉了。3 rip something/somebody to shreds a) TEARto destroy something or damage it badly by tearing it in many places 把某物撕得粉碎 Jill’s kitten is ripping her sofa to shreds. 吉尔的小猫在把她的沙发抓得稀烂。 b) CRITICIZE informal to strongly criticize someone, or criticize their opinions, remarks, behaviour etc 严厉批评某人；抨击某人的观点[言论，行为等] I expected to have my argument ripped to shreds. 我等着别人来批驳我的论点。4. [transitive] to copy music from a CD to an MP3 player or computer 抓取〔音轨〕5 let rip informalVIOLENTEMOTIONAL to speak or behave violently or emotionally 激动地说；做出激烈的举动 Fran took a slow deep breath, then let rip, yelling and shouting at him. 弗兰慢慢地深吸了一口气，然后发起威来，冲着他又喊又叫。6 let it/her rip informal to make a car, boat etc go as fast as it can 让〔车、船等〕全速前进 Put your foot on the gas and let her rip! 踩油门，让它全速前进！ PHRASAL VERBS→ See Verb table
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rip• We both fell and I heard his shirt rip.• Tom heard his shorts rip as he climbed over the gate.• My zipper was stuck, and the material around it ripped as I pulled on it.• The hornets' nest was ripped from the branch as the strip passed by.• If you feel like writing a scathing letter and then ripping it into little pieces, do it!• He wanted to rip it out of the wall.• Stop pulling my dress! You'll rip it!• One summer she frizzed her hair and took to wearing designer ripped leans.• I ripped my skirt on a broken chair.• The impact caused my fistfuls of weed to rip off the rock with a sickening, slimy, ripping sound.• Beth excitedly ripped open the package.• You can see where the label has been ripped out.• Sometimes it thickened and pulsed with blood and felt like it was going to rip something.• Athelstan carefully ripped the canvas open with the small knife he always carried.• He grabbed his daughter's long sleeve, but she jerked away, ripping the flower-embroidered linen, towards the other table.ripped ... open• The attorney showed the rapt jury a blown-up photograph of the van, whose passenger side had been ripped open.• Then she held her breath and ripped it open.• Everything which had been kept hygienically wrapped was ripped open and thrown into the tray.• They pierced the fabric of our universe; like a gunshot that ripped open the whole of space and time.• As he cut she gave an almighty push and ripped open to her behind.• Athelstan carefully ripped the canvas open with the small knife he always carried.• But the road was unscarred; no army trucks had ripped the dirt open with their giant wheels.rip2 noun [countable] 1 TEARa long tear or cut 长的裂口[裂缝] a green leather jacket with a rip in the sleeve 袖子有一条长口子的绿色皮夹克Examples from the Corpus
rip• Anne's jacket has a rip in it.• Gives it a smash, gives it a rip.• A rip in a repair worker's protective suit increases the risk of getting a shock as they work on the electricity lines.• His hands were scratched and dusty and there were small rips in his sweater.• The rips in the boat's old sails had been patched again and again.RIP /ˌɑːr aɪ ˈpiː/ 1.MXthe abbreviation of Rest in Peace, written on a gravestone / Rest in Peace 的缩写 ，安息〔墓碑用语〕From Longman Business Dictionaryriprip /rɪp/ verb (ripped, ripping) → rip somebody → off→ See Verb tableOrigin rip1 (1300-1400) Probably from Flemish rippen “to tear off roughly”rip1 verb →PHRASAL VERBS1rip2 nounRIPLDOCE OnlineChinese
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rip1 S3 /rɪp/ 
verb (past tense and past participle ripped, present participle ripping)
Her clothes had all been ripped.
The sails ripped under the force of the wind.
Impatiently, Sue ripped the letter open.
2. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to remove something quickly and violently, using your hands
rip something out/off/away/down
Gilly ripped out a sheet of paper from her notebook.
The buttons had been ripped off.
3. rip something/somebody to shreds
a. to destroy something or damage it badly by tearing it in many places:
Jill’s kitten is ripping her sofa to shreds.
b. informal to strongly criticize someone, or criticize their opinions, remarks, behaviour etc:
I expected to have my argument ripped to shreds.
4. [transitive] to copy music from a CD to an MP3 player or computer
5. let rip informal to speak or behave violently or emotionally:
Fran took a slow deep breath, then let rip, yelling and shouting at him.
6. let it/her rip informal to make a car, boat etc go as fast as it can:
Put your foot on the gas and let her rip__
rip something ↔ apart phrasal verb
to tear or pull something to pieces:
He was ripped apart by savage beasts in the forest.
rip somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb informal
1. to charge someone too much money for something
SYN overcharge:
The agency really ripped us off.
2. to steal something:
Somebody had come in and ripped off the TV and stereo.
3. to take words, ideas etc from someone else’s work and use them in your own work as if they were your own ideas
SYN plagiarize
⇨ rip-off(2)
▪ tear to damage paper or cloth by pulling it too hard, or letting it touch something sharp: She unwrapped the present carefully, trying not to tear the paper. | I tore a hole in my jacket, climbing over the fence.
▪rip to tear something quickly or violently: Beth excitedly ripped open the package. | Stop pulling my dress__ You’ll rip it__
▪split to tear your trousers or shirt when you put them on, because they are too tight for you: He bent down and split his trousers. | Oh no, now I’ve split my shirt.
▪ladder British English if a woman ladders her tights or STOCKINGS, she tears them so that a long thin line appears in them: Damn__ I’ve laddered my tights__
▪snag to catch a piece of clothing on something rough or sharp so that it tears slightly: I snagged my shirt on a nail.
▪shred to deliberately destroy letters, documents etc by cutting them into thin pieces, often by using a special machine: In order to prevent fraud, it’s best to shred your bank statements. | I went through all my papers shredding things I didn’t need.
▪frayed torn a little along the edges – used about clothes, carpets etc that have been used a lot: He was wearing an old pair of frayed jeans. | The rug was a little frayed around the edges. | The jacket was a little frayed at the cuffs.
rip on somebody/something phrasal verb American English informal
to complain a lot about someone or something
rip through something phrasal verb
to move through a place quickly and with violent force:
A wave of bombings ripped through the capital’s business district.
rip something ↔ up phrasal verb
to tear something into pieces:
Sue ripped his photo up into tiny bits.
rip2 noun [countable]
a long tear or cut:
a green leather jacket with a rip in the sleeve
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verb (past tense and past participle ripped, present participle ripping) Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Probably from Flemish rippen 'to tear off roughly'
1. [intransitive and transitive] to tear something or be torn quickly and violently:Origin: Probably from Flemish rippen 'to tear off roughly'
2. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to remove something quickly and violently, using your hands
rip something out/off/away/down
3. rip something/somebody to shreds
a. to destroy something or damage it badly by tearing it in many places:
b. informal to strongly criticize someone, or criticize their opinions, remarks, behaviour etc:
4. [transitive] to copy music from a CD to an MP3 player or computer
5. let rip informal to speak or behave violently or emotionally:
6. let it/her rip informal to make a car, boat etc go as fast as it can:
rip something ↔ apart phrasal verb
to tear or pull something to pieces:
rip somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb informal
1. to charge someone too much money for something
SYN overcharge:
2. to steal something:
3. to take words, ideas etc from someone else’s work and use them in your own work as if they were your own ideas
SYN plagiarize
⇨ rip-off(2)
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rip on somebody/something phrasal verb American English informal
to complain a lot about someone or something
rip through something phrasal verb
to move through a place quickly and with violent force:
rip something ↔ up phrasal verb
to tear something into pieces:
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noun [countable]a long tear or cut:
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