動(dòng)詞 rend:

1. tear or be torn violently
   同義詞：rip, rive, pull

1. My landlord's threatening to put the rent up by 10 a week.
   我的房東要挾說(shuō)要把每周租金提高10英鎊。
2. Children were rent from their mothers' arms by the brutal soldiers.
   兇殘的士兵把孩子們從母親的懷抱中奪走了。
3. The stillness was rent by thunderous applause.
   雷鳴般的掌聲打破了寂靜。
4. Infants were rent from their mother's arms.
   嬰兒被從母親懷里搶走了。
5. The party was rent in two.
   這個(gè)政黨分裂成兩派。

rend

v.（動(dòng)詞）
rent[rμnt] 或 rend.ed rend.ing,rends
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To tear or split apart or into pieces violently.See Synonyms at tear
用力撕扯：猛力地撕裂或扯碎成小片參見 tear
To tear (one`s garments or hair) in anguish or rage.
揪扯：因痛苦或憤怒揪扯（自己的衣服或頭發(fā)）
To tear away forcibly; wrest.
用力撕開；猛力扭轉(zhuǎn)
To pull, split, or divide as if by tearing:
分裂：似乎用撕扯的方式拉開、分裂或分開：
例句：
.Chip was rent between the impulse to laugh wildly and a bitterness that threatened hot tears.(Louis Auchincloss)
.錢在使人狂笑的沖動(dòng)和預(yù)示熱淚盈眶的苦澀之間被撕得粉碎.(路易斯·奧金克洛斯)

To pierce or disturb with sound:
穿透：以聲音透穿或打擾：
例句：
a scream rent the silence.
一聲尖叫打破了寂靜

To cause pain or distress to:
使痛苦；使煩惱：
例句：
tales that rend the heart.
使人心碎的故事

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To become torn or split; come apart.
使撕裂或變碎片；分開

來(lái)源：
Middle English renden
中古英語(yǔ) renden
from Old English rendan
源自 古英語(yǔ) rendan