mass noun
1- severe physical or mental suffering（肉体、精神上的）折磨, 痛苦：
their deaths have left both families in torment.
他们的死令两家人都极为痛苦。
1.1
- count noun a cause of such suffering折磨, 痛苦的原因：
the journey must have been a torment for them.
这次旅行一定让他们吃尽了苦头。
with obj.
1- cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering使痛苦, 折磨：
he was tormented by jealousy.
他饱受嫉妒之苦。
1.1
- annoy or provoke in a deliberately unkind way纠缠; 烦扰：
every day I have kids tormenting me because they know I live alone.
每天都有孩子们来纠缠我, 因为他们知道我一人独处。
派生词
tormentedly
adverbtormentingly
adverbtormentor
noun词源
Middle English (as both noun and verb referring to the infliction or suffering of torture)： from Old French torment (noun), tormenter (verb), from Latin tormentum 'instrument of torture', from torquere 'to twist'.