查询结果:

n. 折磨,痛苦,拷问,拷打  
vt. 拷问,曲解,折磨,使弯曲

拆分: -tort-扭,拧→折磨 + -ure名词词尾 

例:
n.
suffer torture from 因...受痛苦 
the tortures of jealousy 妒忌的折磨 
The torture made him confess. 严刑拷打使他招供了。 
She suffered tortures from a toothache. 她受着牙痛的折磨。 
vt.
They tortured the man to make him confess his crime. 他们拷打那个人, 使他招认他的罪行。 
There were several problems which tortured the elderly man. 有几个问题折磨着那老人。