excruciate
英式音标：excruciate怎么读
美式音标：excruciate怎么读
词汇归类： GRE
excruciate词义
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vt. 使苦恼；施酷刑；折磨
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
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- 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.)).