n.

1. 拷打，酷刑；拷问[U]
   Many of the POWs died under torture.

   许多战俘被折磨致死。

2. 折磨，痛苦[C][U][（+of）][+to-v]
   She suffered tortures from a toothache.

   她受牙痛的折磨。

   The sight of his sick brother was torture to him.

   看到他生病的哥哥那副样子令他非常痛苦。

3. 歪曲；扭曲[U]

vt.

1. 拷打；拷问[O][O2]
   The police tortured him to confess his crime.

   警察拷打他，逼他招供。

2. 折磨；使为难[H][（+with/by）]
   He was tortured with anxiety.

   他为焦虑所苦。

3. 歪曲；扭曲
   Winds tortured the trees.

   风把树吹得歪歪斜斜。

n.

1. the action or practice of inflicting severe pain as a punishment or a forcible means of persuasion.
2. great suffering or anxiety.

v.