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词汇 weep
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Definition of weep in English:

weep

verbwept wiːpwip
[no object]
  • 1Shed tears.

    流泪;哭泣

    a grieving mother wept over the body of her daughter

    悲痛的母亲对着她女儿的遗体哭泣。

    with object he wept bitter tears at her cruelty

    他因她的残忍而流下了伤心的泪水。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Inside the apartment, Saeed's mother wept as she sat on the floor, surrounded by female relatives and other mourners.
    • And his big blue eyes filled with tears when his grandfather wept.
    • The weary mother wept as the bus began its long journey back to her small village.
    • There was a lot of discussion, a lot of negotiation between the two sides, there was tears, there was weeping.
    • So, I sing songs to the mothers, and the mothers begin to weep.
    • She begins to weep, her body shaking, and then, when her grief is purged, she stares dead ahead.
    • When she saw Rose and all her brothers, their mother wept tears of joy.
    • Silently, she buried her face in the pillow, and wept.
    • Jodi's mother wept as the verdict was announced.
    • He began to weep, the tears falling faster and faster from his eyes, running down his face.
    • She held the pillow to her face, letting it soak up her tears, and wept silently.
    • Anjar's mother wept with joy, she could not believe that he had returned.
    • She was prepared for an angry confrontation but was shocked when her mother simply began to weep.
    • Sarah's brother wept and hugged his mother after showing police where the eight-year-old disappeared, the court heard.
    • She heard her mother begin to weep softly as her father comforted her.
    • Matt's mother went to sit down, beginning to weep bitterly.
    • A mother broke down and wept when she visited the scene where her son was killed yesterday.
    • The teenager's mother wept and was comforted by his father as their son was led from the dock.
    • This time she'd been crying, weeping big hot tears.
    • Tears fell down his face as he began to weep bitterly.
    Synonyms
    cry, shed tears, sob, snivel, whimper, whine, mewl, bawl, lament, grieve, mourn, keen, wail
    Scottish greet
    informal boohoo, blub, blubber
    literary pule
    1. 1.1 Utter or express with tears.
      哭着说
      with direct speech ‘No!’ she wept
      Synonyms
      back out, pull out, cancel, withdraw, beg off, excuse oneself
    2. 1.2archaic with object Mourn for; shed tears over.
      〈古〉哀悼;哭泣
      a young widow weeping her lost lord

      一位在哀悼她去世的丈夫的年轻寡妇。

  • 2Exude liquid.

    渗液体

    she rubbed the sore, making it weep

    她挠了一处伤口,使血渗了出来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I recently saw a 64 year old man with a skin lesion on his knee that had been intermittently weeping pus over the past four weeks and had been growing in size.
    • I could understand how skin like this might weep or bleed on occasion.
    • These blisters eventually burst to reveal small wet patches of red skin that may weep fluid.
    • They may weep, and eventually grow a crust or scab.
    • That eye may redden and weep, and the nostril on that side may experience stuffiness and discharge.
    • Does anyone know the correct term for when the leaves ooze water or weep?
    Synonyms
    give off, give out, discharge, release, send out, send forth, emit, issue, emanate
noun wiːpwip
  • A fit or period of weeping.

    sit down and have a weep
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She still has little weeps to herself when she thinks about Donald but she's on the mend.
    Synonyms
    cry, sob, snivel, whimper, mewl, bawl, lament
    flood of tears
    informal blub, blubber
    British informal grizzle
    literary pule

Derivatives

  • weepingly

  • adverb
    • ‘It's too soon ’, the father weepingly admits.
      Meg Ryan and Rosie O'Donnell are talking, weepingly, about the scene in An Affair to Remember which always makes them cry.

Origin

Old English wēpan (verb), of Germanic origin, probably imitative.

  • A Germanic word in origin, Old English wēpan is probably imitative of the sound of moaning and sobbing, although in modern use the verb indicates the more or less silent shedding of tears. Weep is now normally restricted to literary use.

Rhymes

asleep, beep, bleep, cheap, cheep, creep, deep, heap, Jeep, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep

Definition of weep in US English:

weep

verbwēpwip
[no object]
  • 1Shed tears.

    流泪;哭泣

    a grieving mother wept over the body of her daughter

    悲痛的母亲对着她女儿的遗体哭泣。

    with object he wept bitter tears at her cruelty

    他因她的残忍而流下了伤心的泪水。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anjar's mother wept with joy, she could not believe that he had returned.
    • The weary mother wept as the bus began its long journey back to her small village.
    • When she saw Rose and all her brothers, their mother wept tears of joy.
    • This time she'd been crying, weeping big hot tears.
    • Inside the apartment, Saeed's mother wept as she sat on the floor, surrounded by female relatives and other mourners.
    • A mother broke down and wept when she visited the scene where her son was killed yesterday.
    • She held the pillow to her face, letting it soak up her tears, and wept silently.
    • Matt's mother went to sit down, beginning to weep bitterly.
    • And his big blue eyes filled with tears when his grandfather wept.
    • Silently, she buried her face in the pillow, and wept.
    • She heard her mother begin to weep softly as her father comforted her.
    • Jodi's mother wept as the verdict was announced.
    • He began to weep, the tears falling faster and faster from his eyes, running down his face.
    • She was prepared for an angry confrontation but was shocked when her mother simply began to weep.
    • She begins to weep, her body shaking, and then, when her grief is purged, she stares dead ahead.
    • There was a lot of discussion, a lot of negotiation between the two sides, there was tears, there was weeping.
    • Tears fell down his face as he began to weep bitterly.
    • The teenager's mother wept and was comforted by his father as their son was led from the dock.
    • So, I sing songs to the mothers, and the mothers begin to weep.
    • Sarah's brother wept and hugged his mother after showing police where the eight-year-old disappeared, the court heard.
    Synonyms
    cry, shed tears, sob, snivel, whimper, whine, mewl, bawl, lament, grieve, mourn, keen, wail
    1. 1.1 Utter or express with tears.
      哭着说
      with direct speech “No!” she wept
      Synonyms
      back out, pull out, cancel, withdraw, beg off, excuse oneself
    2. 1.2archaic with object Mourn for; shed tears over.
      〈古〉哀悼;哭泣
      a young widow weeping her lost lord

      一位在哀悼她去世的丈夫的年轻寡妇。

  • 2Exude liquid.

    渗液体

    she rubbed the sore, making it weep

    她挠了一处伤口,使血渗了出来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I recently saw a 64 year old man with a skin lesion on his knee that had been intermittently weeping pus over the past four weeks and had been growing in size.
    • These blisters eventually burst to reveal small wet patches of red skin that may weep fluid.
    • They may weep, and eventually grow a crust or scab.
    • I could understand how skin like this might weep or bleed on occasion.
    • That eye may redden and weep, and the nostril on that side may experience stuffiness and discharge.
    • Does anyone know the correct term for when the leaves ooze water or weep?
    Synonyms
    give off, give out, discharge, release, send out, send forth, emit, issue, emanate
nounwēpwip
  • A fit or period of weeping.

    sit down and have a weep
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She still has little weeps to herself when she thinks about Donald but she's on the mend.
    Synonyms
    cry, sob, snivel, whimper, mewl, bawl, lament

Origin

Old English wēpan (verb), of Germanic origin, probably imitative.

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