excruciate 词态变化
第三人称单数: excruciates;过去式: excruciated;过去分词: excruciated;现在分词: excruciating;
excruciate 英文词源
- 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.)).
excruciate 英文释义
- 1. torment emotionally or mentally
- 2. subject to torture;
- "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
