n. 使人痛苦的东西, 折磨者, 苦痛

vt. 使苦恼, 纠缠, 歪曲, 拷问

[法] 折磨, 曲解, 歪曲

Torment \Tor"ment\, n. [OF. torment, F. tourment, fr. L.
tormentum an engine for hurling missiles, an instrument of
torture, a rack, torture, fr. torquere to turn, to twist,
hurl. See {Turture}.]
1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine for casting stones. [Obs.] --Sir
T. Elyot.

2. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of
misery, either of body or mind. --Chaucer.

The more I see
Pleasures about me, so much more I feel
Torment within me. --Milton.

3. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.

They brought unto him all sick people that were
taken with divers diseases and torments. --Matt. iv.
24.


Torment \Tor*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tormented}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {tormenting}.] [OF. tormenter, F. tourmenter.]
1. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating
misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture. `` Art
thou come hither to torment us before our time? '' --Matt.
viii. 29.

2. To pain; to distress; to afflict.

Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented. --Matt. viii.
6.

3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with
importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]

4. To put into great agitation. [R.] ``[They], soaring on
main wing, tormented all the air.'' --Milton.