| 单词 | tear-jerk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈtear-jerk ˈtear-jerk n. a sentimental effusion; also as v. transitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] > sentimental effusion tear-jerk1953 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > turn into an object of sentiment [verb (transitive)] > excite emotion artificially > calculatingly tear-jerk1953 1953 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 July 490/5 The ex-Governor of Illinois does not disdain the obvious ‘tear-jerk’. 1961 D. Holbrook Eng. for Maturity i. iv. 55 The vague undefined tear-jerk of popular graveyard and funeral verses. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xvi. 123 She tear-jerked it from a drugstore without a prescription. < as lemmas |
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