excruciate
英[?k'skru???e?t;ek-]
美
- vt. 使苦惱；施酷刑；折磨
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?excruciates;過(guò)去式:?excruciated;過(guò)去分詞:?excruciated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?excruciating;
英文詞源
- excruciate (v.)
- 1560s, from Latin excruciatus, past participle of excruciare "to torture, torment, rack, plague;" figuratively "to afflict, harass, vex, torment," from ex- "out, thoroughly" (see ex-) + cruciare "cause pain or anguish to," literally "crucify," from crux (genitive crucis) "a cross" (see cross (n.)).