tormentor

• 名词，指故意给他人造成痛苦、折磨或烦恼的人；也指舞台两侧用来遮挡侧台、不让观众看到的平面侧幕或侧景片。

A noun referring to a person who causes deliberate pain, suffering, or annoyance, or a flat positioned at each side of a stage to conceal the wings from the audience.

1. One who causes sufferingB2formal

   A person who deliberately inflicts pain, suffering, or distress on another.

   折磨者

   • The bully was known as the tormentor of the schoolyard.
   • She finally escaped from her tormentor after years of abuse.
   • The villain in the story is a cruel tormentor of the innocent.

   同义词abuserbullyharasseroppressorpersecutorsadisttormentertorturervictimizer

   反义词comforter

2. Theatrical masking panelC1formal

   A flat piece of scenery placed at each side of the stage to hide the wings from the audience's view.

   侧幕

   • The stagehand adjusted the tormentor to block the backstage area.
   • The set design included a black tormentor on each side of the stage.
   • The actor waited behind the tormentor for his cue.

   同义词wing