excruciate
英 [?k'skru???e?t; ek-]
美
- vt. 使苦惱；施酷刑；折磨
GRE
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?excruciates;過去式:?excruciated;過去分詞:?excruciated;現在分詞:?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.)).