vt. & vi.撕掉；扯破；拉开；割开 cause to tear quickly and violently

　～ the cover　撕掉封面
　～ a hole　钩了一个洞
　～ the phone　夺过电话话筒
　～ down　扯下
　～ off　抢，偷，欺骗
　～ out　扯掉
　～ up　撕毁
　～ into　撕成多条，攻击
　～ to　撕碎

　Her blouse ripped.　她的短上衣撕破了。
　The canvas bag had ripped because I had not thought of reinforcing it.　帆布袋裂开了，因为我没有想到把它加固一下。
　They'll be dancing all night—we'd better just go to bed and let things rip!　他们会跳通宵的，我们还是去睡吧，随他们玩去！
　The nail ripped a hole in her dress.　她的套裙被钉子钩了一个洞。
　She ripped the phone from his hand.　她从他的手中夺过电话话筒。
　The cover of the book was ripped.　书的封面被撕掉了。
　He ripped the envelope open.　他把信封撕开。
　The soldier was ripped free again.　那个战士又重新获得了自由。

 ♣ rip across　(v.+adv.)
　把…撕成两半　tear sth in two parts
　Without a word he ripped the letter across.　他一句话也不说，把信撕成两半。
　He ripped the cheque across and sent it back.　他把支票撕成两半退了回去。
 ♣ rip apart　(v.+adv.)
　撕裂，弄乱　separate; divide sth with violence; cause disorder in sth as when searching
　A bomb ripped apart the train in which they had been travelling.　一颗炸弹把他们乘坐的火车给炸断了。
　The thieves ripped the house apart but could find nothing.　窃贼把房子翻了个乱七八糟，但一无所获。
　The electric wiring in the house will all need to be replaced, and I dare say the house will be ripped apart in the process.　屋里的电线全部需要更换，我想在此过程中屋里将会被搞得凌乱不堪。
　In this film, a family is ripped apart by a young mother's death.　在这部影片中，年轻母亲的去世使全家人陷入极度的悲伤。
 ♣ rip away　(v.+adv.)
　弄掉　remove sth with a violent movement
　He ripped away the faded hangings from a wall.　他扯下墙上褪色的帘布。
　Last night's high wind has ripped all the leaves away from the trees.　昨夜的狂风把树上的叶子刮掉了。
 ♣ rip down　(v.+adv.)
　扯下　remove; pull down; lower sth with a violent movement
　The photographs had been ripped down by him.　贴在高处的照片被他给撕下来了。
 ♣ rip into　(v.+prep.)
　咬破；攻击　enter or cut sth with a violent movement; attack sb/sth so as to destroy sth
　See those lions ripping into the bodies of the animals that they've killed.　看，那些狮子正在撕扯着被它们咬死的动物的尸体。
　Bullets from his wing guns ripped into the fuselage of the bomber.　从他的机翼里射出的子弹击穿了那架轰炸机的机身。
 ♣ rip off　(v.+adv.)
　扯掉；敲竹杠；偷　remove sth violently from the top or front of sth; charge sb too much; steal
　They ripped off his medals.　他们扯掉了他佩戴的奖章。
　The local shopkeepers were all trying to rip off the tourists.　当地的店主们都试图敲旅游者的竹杠。
　Someone ripped off my bicycle.　有人偷了我的自行车。
　I'm firmly convinced that we in the northwest are truly be ripped off.　我确信我们这些住在西北部的人要挨宰。
　He tried to sell me some jewellery, but I thought it had been ripped off so I wouldn't buy it.　他向我推销珠宝，可我想那是偷来的，所以不愿买。
 ♣ rip out　(v.+adv.)
　弄掉　remove sth with a violent movement
　The criminals have ripped the telephone wires out, so we can't call the police.　罪犯扯掉了电话线，因此我们无法报警。
　A single blow ripped out two of his opponent's teeth.　他一拳就打掉了对手两颗牙齿。
 ♣ rip up　(v.+adv.)
　撕坏　break or completely disregard (an agreement)
　She ripped the letter up angrily.　她生气地撕毁了信。
　The dog has ripped this morning's newspaper up again!　那条狗又把今天早晨的报纸给撕坏了。
　He can't be trusted, he's been known to rip up a contract as soon as it's signed.　这个人靠不住，谁都知道他曾签过一份合同，墨迹未干，他就撕毁了。

 ♣ rip, tear
　参见tear条。

　rip　还可用作名词，意思是“裂口，裂缝”。