| 单词 | tear-jerking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈtear-jerking ˈtear-jerking n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] > evoking sentimentality evocativeness1936 tear-jerking1940 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adjective] > evoking sentimentality or sadness tear-jerking1940 1940 S. Lewis Bethel Merriday xv. 127 You..made me understand how much that poor gutter pup longed for a chance to parade, and yet you didn't do much tear-jerking. 1941 E. Snow Battle for Asia iv. 88 I remember a tear-jerking letter from a correspondent appealing for people to boil their garbage and put it beside their ash cans for the hungry— dogs. 1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 430 If Homer had tried reading the Iliad to the gods of Olympus, they would..possibly, even, reacting like ourselves to a tear-jerking movie, have poured pleasing tears. 1965 Spectator 5 Feb. 157/3 The prize for tear-jerking seemed..destined for..the Daily Mail. 1979 ‘D. Meiring’ Foreign Body xii. 126 Even he [sc. God] had sometimes needed a hand, and Hussein had provided that brilliantly, in turn cajoling, tear-jerking, and threatening Americans of huge stature in the oil business. 1981 Times 14 Feb. 8/7 An idealized Shavian heroine..the armour-plated, tear-jerking martyr. < as lemmas |
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