fortear

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To tear up; tear to pieces. transitive
    — A German hussar, a veteran in the wars of Germany, appeared at the door of Congress, in Philadelphia, in his uniform and on horseback, with a fortorn cap upon his head, [...]

词形变化

fortears present,singular,third-person fortearing participle,present fortore past fortorn participle,past

词源

From Middle English forteren, possibly from Old English *forteran, from Proto-West Germanic *frateran (“to tear up”). By surface analysis, for- (“up, completely”) + tear. Cognate with Dutch verteren (“to devour”), German Low German vertehren (“to consume”), German verzehren (“to consume”).
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