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Definition of sigh in English: sighverb sʌɪsaɪ [no object]1Emit a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar. 叹气，叹息 Harry sank into a chair and sighed with relief 哈里倒在椅子上，宽慰地松了一口气。 Example sentencesExamples - She sighed in disgust and gathered together any restraint that was left within her.
- Galen sighed heavily with exasperation and shoved his chair back.
- Closing her eyes and sighing in defeat, she slowly moved towards the table.
- She sighed heavily with relief as the air filled her lungs.
- Cael took a deeper breath, sighing in his sleep, turning his head to the side a little.
- He looked up at the sky with a wistful expression, a gust slightly lifting up his long hair, and sighed.
- He sighed in annoyance; some incompetent teacher obviously couldn't control their class.
- She waited a few moments, and then sighed in exasperation.
- "I would have expected more of a fight from Adakran's boy, " the man sighed with disappointment.
- She sighs with relief when she hears sirens wailing in the distance.
- Jack sighed and paced through the lobby, attempting to contemplate what to do next.
- ‘Erik…’ she sighed for a long moment before repeating, ‘You aren't acting like yourself,’ she told me, worry in her voice.
- For those who sigh wearily at this impossible aspiration there are other solutions.
- I was actually stunned to silence as I simply sighed deep sighs of admiration.
- His trained eyes slid vertically down the paragraph and he sighed in disgust.
- Trey sighed loudly, rolling his eyes exaggeratedly as he spoke.
- A moment later he sighed in resignation and shoved his cigarettes into his pocket.
- Tori inwardly sighed with relief that they were on a first name basis once again.
- Smoothing down my shirt, I sighed from lack of sleep and ran my hands through my hair and walked out of my room.
- Elizabeth sighed wearily as she was woken from her sleep by Joshua crying in his crib.
Synonyms breathe out, exhale groan, moan rare suspire - 1.1 (of the wind or something through which the wind blows) make a sound resembling a sigh.
〈喻〉（风，风吹过的东西）呼啸，悲鸣 a breeze made the treetops sigh 树顶在微风中瑟瑟悲鸣。 Example sentencesExamples - The heat is not too oppressive, because of the breezes that sigh in from the cool, sparkling Atlantic waters of Table Bay.
- A breeze sighed through the branches and we came to a glade, a secret place of fir and silver birch.
- Barth stood a while in the world of mirrored light, his angry breath calmed with the lilting and sighing of the slow wind.
- The only sound is the scratching of a crow and the sighing of wind through the trees.
- The girl could hear the leaves of the trees outside rustle and sigh in the gentle breeze.
- The wind sighs in the trees, shushing me to sleep.
- The wind sighs in the antlers of a few static deer, a coyote howls.
- All he could hear was the wind sighing in the trees and the soft lap of water against the wall surrounding the lake.
- The constant wind that hugs the hill-side seems to sigh at the memory.
Synonyms rustle, whisper, murmur, sough - 1.2sigh forliterary Feel a deep yearning for (someone or something lost, unattainable, or distant)
〈诗/文〉渴望，思慕 he sighed for days gone by 他怀念往昔。 Example sentencesExamples - Film buffs in Thrissur, tired of watching classics in the DVD format at art house shows, have been sighing for that matchless experience - seeing the magic unfold on the silver screen.
- The words she remembered said, ‘My heart cries for you, sighs for you, dies for you.’
- No harm in it so long as we reserve that precious moment to stand quietly and, when appropriate, give a little sigh for those who are no longer here, who can no longer join in the fun.
- For those of you still sighing for what once was, there's also the bonus material, a handful of live tracks from each Queens lineup.
- The joys of rereading might have offered Mallarme a stronger antidote to his ennui than sighing for distant, exotic lands.
Synonyms yearn, long, pine, ache, languish, carry a torch grieve over, cry/weep for/over, fret about, shed tears for bemoan, rue, miss, mourn, lament, regret the loss/absence of, hanker for/after, eat one's heart out over, hunger/thirst for cry out for, pant for, crave, have a yen for, dream of
noun sʌɪsaɪ 1A long, deep audible exhalation expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar. 叹气，叹息 she let out a long sigh of despair 她失望地长叹了一口气。 figurative the councils heaved a sigh of relief when they saved over £6m between them 〈喻〉当委员会之间节省了600多万英镑的开支时，他们宽慰地舒了一口气。 Example sentencesExamples - With a sigh of resignation Matt turned the key and they drove off.
- He gave off a sigh that sounded like a grumble, but Stephanie didn't seem to have noticed.
- He raises his head, looks at me, then makes a sound that is something between a sigh and a moan.
- Passengers waiting on the platform breathe a collective sigh of exasperation.
- At Joel's silent answer, Jesse sighed a sigh of regret and anger.
- Klay looked at her and let out a sigh that sounded more like a yawn.
- She continued to improve and her family heaved a sigh of relief and started limping back towards normalcy.
- You could almost hear the disappointed sighs echoing around the audience.
- The boy stifled a sigh of annoyance but told himself to remain patient.
- With a sigh of defeat, Razi rose and motioned for Iola to lead.
- She heaves a loud, exasperated sigh, and obviously decides it's futile to argue with me.
- I don't expect you to run wailing through the streets but couldn't you rustle up a small sigh of regret?
- I sank back in the hot water with a grateful sigh and closed my eyes as the tendrils of steam wound their way across the surface of the pool.
- The creature let out what sounded like a tired sigh, dropping down on her haunches.
- Alya breathed a heavy sigh of contentment as she washed herself with the wonderfully warm water.
- This time, my mother sighed, and although it's hard to tell from a sigh, she sounded angry.
- I heard a loud frustrated sigh on the other end of the door and a loud banging sound.
- They looked at each other for a moment, and then Lisa let out a sigh of what sounded like frustration.
- He let an exasperated sigh escape his lips, what had he done now?
- Fischer heaved a deep, weary sigh and rested his chin in his hands.
- 1.1 A gentle sound resembling a sigh, especially one made by the wind.
〈喻〉（尤指风发出的）叹息般的声音 except for the sigh of the wind, it was very quiet Example sentencesExamples - The gentle whispering of the brook and the sighs of the leaves in the trees were so soft and enchanting that it was difficult for Lysje not to curl up in a ball and fall asleep right here.
- The later acoustic-led Thumbing My Way is a sigh on a desert wind.
- The only sound was the sigh of the wind across the Pripyat marshes, accelerating to a low moan among the squat blocks of flats.
- He could only hear the sigh of the wind flowing through the broken windows and the shrieks of birds.
- For a moment I only stood where I was, listening to the gurgle of the water and the sighs of the wind.
- All the hidden excitement that had been fluttering within her died like the flame of a candle with the sigh of a cold wind.
- I knew you would come to me, in the colours of dreams, in the songs of the rain, in the sighs of the wind.
Synonyms rustle, murmur, sigh, moan, sough, whoosh, whir, swish
OriginMiddle English (as a verb): probably a back-formation from sighte, past tense of siche, sike, from Old English sīcan. Rhymesally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai Definition of sigh in US English: sighverbsaɪsī [no object]1Emit a long, deep, audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or a similar feeling. 叹气，叹息 Harry sank into a chair and sighed with relief 哈里倒在椅子上，宽慰地松了一口气。 with direct speech “I'm in a bit of a mess,” Elaine sighed Example sentencesExamples - She sighed in disgust and gathered together any restraint that was left within her.
- For those who sigh wearily at this impossible aspiration there are other solutions.
- He sighed in annoyance; some incompetent teacher obviously couldn't control their class.
- She sighs with relief when she hears sirens wailing in the distance.
- Tori inwardly sighed with relief that they were on a first name basis once again.
- Jack sighed and paced through the lobby, attempting to contemplate what to do next.
- Galen sighed heavily with exasperation and shoved his chair back.
- ‘Erik…’ she sighed for a long moment before repeating, ‘You aren't acting like yourself,’ she told me, worry in her voice.
- Closing her eyes and sighing in defeat, she slowly moved towards the table.
- A moment later he sighed in resignation and shoved his cigarettes into his pocket.
- Cael took a deeper breath, sighing in his sleep, turning his head to the side a little.
- "I would have expected more of a fight from Adakran's boy, " the man sighed with disappointment.
- Trey sighed loudly, rolling his eyes exaggeratedly as he spoke.
- She waited a few moments, and then sighed in exasperation.
- She sighed heavily with relief as the air filled her lungs.
- He looked up at the sky with a wistful expression, a gust slightly lifting up his long hair, and sighed.
- His trained eyes slid vertically down the paragraph and he sighed in disgust.
- Smoothing down my shirt, I sighed from lack of sleep and ran my hands through my hair and walked out of my room.
- I was actually stunned to silence as I simply sighed deep sighs of admiration.
- Elizabeth sighed wearily as she was woken from her sleep by Joshua crying in his crib.
- 1.1 (of the wind or something through which the wind blows) make a sound resembling a sigh.
〈喻〉（风，风吹过的东西）呼啸，悲鸣 a breeze made the treetops sigh 树顶在微风中瑟瑟悲鸣。 Example sentencesExamples - The girl could hear the leaves of the trees outside rustle and sigh in the gentle breeze.
- The wind sighs in the trees, shushing me to sleep.
- A breeze sighed through the branches and we came to a glade, a secret place of fir and silver birch.
- The heat is not too oppressive, because of the breezes that sigh in from the cool, sparkling Atlantic waters of Table Bay.
- The wind sighs in the antlers of a few static deer, a coyote howls.
- The constant wind that hugs the hill-side seems to sigh at the memory.
- All he could hear was the wind sighing in the trees and the soft lap of water against the wall surrounding the lake.
- The only sound is the scratching of a crow and the sighing of wind through the trees.
- Barth stood a while in the world of mirrored light, his angry breath calmed with the lilting and sighing of the slow wind.
Synonyms rustle, whisper, murmur, sough - 1.2sigh forliterary Feel a deep yearning for (someone or something lost, unattainable, or distant)
〈诗/文〉渴望，思慕 he sighed for days gone by 他怀念往昔。 Example sentencesExamples - The joys of rereading might have offered Mallarme a stronger antidote to his ennui than sighing for distant, exotic lands.
- Film buffs in Thrissur, tired of watching classics in the DVD format at art house shows, have been sighing for that matchless experience - seeing the magic unfold on the silver screen.
- No harm in it so long as we reserve that precious moment to stand quietly and, when appropriate, give a little sigh for those who are no longer here, who can no longer join in the fun.
- The words she remembered said, ‘My heart cries for you, sighs for you, dies for you.’
- For those of you still sighing for what once was, there's also the bonus material, a handful of live tracks from each Queens lineup.
Synonyms yearn, long, pine, ache, languish, carry a torch
nounsaɪsī 1A long, deep, audible exhalation expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or a similar feeling. 叹气，叹息 she let out a long sigh of despair 她失望地长叹了一口气。 figurative when the aircraft touched down I breathed a sigh of relief Example sentencesExamples - I don't expect you to run wailing through the streets but couldn't you rustle up a small sigh of regret?
- This time, my mother sighed, and although it's hard to tell from a sigh, she sounded angry.
- He let an exasperated sigh escape his lips, what had he done now?
- Alya breathed a heavy sigh of contentment as she washed herself with the wonderfully warm water.
- Passengers waiting on the platform breathe a collective sigh of exasperation.
- She heaves a loud, exasperated sigh, and obviously decides it's futile to argue with me.
- The creature let out what sounded like a tired sigh, dropping down on her haunches.
- I sank back in the hot water with a grateful sigh and closed my eyes as the tendrils of steam wound their way across the surface of the pool.
- With a sigh of resignation Matt turned the key and they drove off.
- At Joel's silent answer, Jesse sighed a sigh of regret and anger.
- He gave off a sigh that sounded like a grumble, but Stephanie didn't seem to have noticed.
- Klay looked at her and let out a sigh that sounded more like a yawn.
- With a sigh of defeat, Razi rose and motioned for Iola to lead.
- The boy stifled a sigh of annoyance but told himself to remain patient.
- I heard a loud frustrated sigh on the other end of the door and a loud banging sound.
- Fischer heaved a deep, weary sigh and rested his chin in his hands.
- You could almost hear the disappointed sighs echoing around the audience.
- She continued to improve and her family heaved a sigh of relief and started limping back towards normalcy.
- He raises his head, looks at me, then makes a sound that is something between a sigh and a moan.
- They looked at each other for a moment, and then Lisa let out a sigh of what sounded like frustration.
- 1.1 A gentle sound resembling a sigh, especially one made by the wind.
〈喻〉（尤指风发出的）叹息般的声音 except for the sigh of the wind, it was very quiet Example sentencesExamples - I knew you would come to me, in the colours of dreams, in the songs of the rain, in the sighs of the wind.
- The gentle whispering of the brook and the sighs of the leaves in the trees were so soft and enchanting that it was difficult for Lysje not to curl up in a ball and fall asleep right here.
- The only sound was the sigh of the wind across the Pripyat marshes, accelerating to a low moan among the squat blocks of flats.
- He could only hear the sigh of the wind flowing through the broken windows and the shrieks of birds.
- For a moment I only stood where I was, listening to the gurgle of the water and the sighs of the wind.
- All the hidden excitement that had been fluttering within her died like the flame of a candle with the sigh of a cold wind.
- The later acoustic-led Thumbing My Way is a sigh on a desert wind.
Synonyms rustle, murmur, sigh, moan, sough, whoosh, whir, swish
OriginMiddle English (as a verb): probably a back-formation from sighte, past tense of siche, sike, from Old English sīcan. |