torment
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tor·ment1 /ˈtɔːment $ ˈtɔːr-/ noun 1 [uncountable]MIMP severe mental or physical suffering 〔精神或肉体上的〕折磨，痛苦in torment She lay awake all night in torment. 她一晚上都醒着，在痛苦中煎熬。2 [countable]SUFFER someone or something that makes you suffer a lot 使人痛苦的人[物] The journey must have been a torment for them. 这次旅途对他们来说一定十分痛苦。
Examples from the Corpus
torment• A similar turnabout occurs with the story of Pandora and her box of evils and torments.• As she deals with mounting evidence that yet another boy may be in danger, we share her torment.• After 10 years of torment, Kiranjit Ahluwalia, 36, threw petrol over sleeping husband Deepak and set him on fire.• She suffered years of private torment over her decision to have her children adopted.• The book's theme of incest and sexual torment was largely autobiographical.• All the methods we tried to lessen the torment failed.• She moved from one willow tree to the next, forcing them all to share the torment she endured.• It's difficult for us to understand the torment the hostages are going through.• He voiced their torment at knowing their children would be medically examined without consent and without any familiar face being present.tor·ment2 /tɔːˈment $ tɔːr-/ verb [transitive] 1 SUFFERto make someone suffer a lot, especially mentally 〔尤指精神上〕折磨，使痛苦；使苦恼 Seth was tormented by feelings of guilt. 塞思被负罪感折磨着。2 SUFFERto deliberately treat someone cruelly by annoying them or hurting them 骚扰，烦扰；捉弄 SYN torture The older boys would torment him whenever they had the chance. 那些大点的男孩一有机会就骚扰他。 —tormentor noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
torment• Sometimes, too, he was tormented by jealousy.• Jealousy, fear, and suspicion tormented Harriet.• He was either out and hadn't switched on the answering machine or he was tormenting her by ignoring the telephone.• They tormented him with a plan to bypass theaters and just show it on television.• It might not be all that much, but it might be almost bearable if they didn't keep tormenting him.• My older sister loved to torment me.• Some years ago a thought like that began to torment me.• This is the problem that torments me.Origin torment1 (1200-1300) Old French Latin tormentum “torture”, from torquere “to twist”tor·ment1 nountor·ment2 verbChineseSyllable
Corpus or suffering severe physical mental
torment
tor‧ment1 /ˈtɔːment $ ˈtɔːr-/ 
noun
in torment
She lay awake all night in torment.
2. [countable] someone or something that makes you suffer a lot:
The journey must have been a torment for them.
tor‧ment2 /tɔːˈment $ tɔːr-/ verb [transitive]
1. to make someone suffer a lot, especially mentally:
Seth was tormented by feelings of guilt.
2. to deliberately treat someone cruelly by annoying them or hurting them
SYN torture:
The older boys would torment him whenever they had the chance.
—tormentor noun [countable]
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noun Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin tormentum 'torture', from torquere 'to twist'
1. [uncountable] severe mental or physical sufferingLanguage: Old French
Origin: Latin tormentum 'torture', from torquere 'to twist'
in torment
2. [countable] someone or something that makes you suffer a lot:
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verb [transitive]1. to make someone suffer a lot, especially mentally:
2. to deliberately treat someone cruelly by annoying them or hurting them
SYN torture:
—tormentor noun [countable]
lid a cover over a container that can be removed or opened by turning or lifting it 指容器的盖、盖子 ：◆ a jar with a tight-fitting lid 盖子很紧的广口瓶 top a thing that you put over the end of sth such as a pen or bottle in order to close it 指笔帽、瓶盖、瓶塞 cork a small round object made of cork or plastic that is used for closing bottles, especially wine bottles 指尤用于酒瓶的软木塞、塑料瓶塞 cap (often in compounds) a top for a pen or a protective cover for sth such as the lens of a camera （常构成复合词）指钢笔、照相机镜头等的盖、帽 plug a round piece of material that you put into a hole in order to block it; a flat round rubber or plastic thing that you put into the hole of a sink in order to stop the water from flowing out 指栓塞、堵塞物、水池的塞子 ：◆ a bath plug 浴缸塞子
Patterns
a tight-fitting lid/top/capa screw top/capa pen lid/topto put on/screw on/take off/unscrew the lid/top/capto pull out the cork/plug